Workplace reviews and discussion: 俠客數位科技有限公司

Good interactions among colleagues.

From a management perspective, the company’s senior management has serious management problems. They do not respect professional opinions, are headstrong and prone to acting on emotion, and have poor emotional management skills, resulting in employees often wasting time on pointless tasks. Although colleagues at the grassroots level get along well, there are issues with internal power struggles among upper management.

Regarding labor rights and compensation, the IT department’s compensation is acceptable, but salaries across the company are generally low (Senior Full-Stack positions are around 30K, while department heads top out at 42K). Administrative departments have a heavy workload and low salaries (22–28K). When negotiating salaries, upper management promises a low base salary plus high bonuses, but the actual situation is of course not like that. At the beginning, there is a three-month probationary period, along with the signing of a fixed-term contract. After the contract expires, the company does not proactively switch employees to standard employment contracts or adjust their salaries. Employees must raise the issue with upper management before the company will sign an employment contract with extremely poorly drafted provisions. The company also requires employees to sign an NDA, but the contract contains overly broad provisions and illegal clauses. Job seekers should pay attention to the contract terms when joining to avoid compromising their rights and interests.

Some employees still have to work on their own after returning home from work to keep up with assigned deadlines. The company has an internal Line group, and the boss sometimes sends instructions in Line after employees have finished work.

The working environment is poor. The office is a sheet-metal building, and the air conditioning often breaks down; each time, it takes a very long time before the company is willing to repair it. There is a factory next door, so construction noise is often an issue. In addition, there are many farmlands near the company, and insect problems are also quite serious. Most of the time, employees work in a hot and stuffy environment (30°C+). The company has mentioned several times that it would move offices, but has not done so.

Regarding salary payments, the company sometimes pays salaries late. Usually, the salary statement is signed only before the end of the workday on payday, while the actual deposit is delayed until the following day. For departing employees, salary payments are delayed by about a week or more. The company only processes the payment after the former employee has proactively followed up multiple times.

The company’s employee turnover is not low. The internal team consists of around ten people, and five employees left within six months. Besides the poor working conditions, the fundamental reason is that the company does not understand how to respect the value of its employees.