Workplace reviews and discussion: 威策電腦股份有限公司

1. Coworkers are generally easy to get along with.

2. Once you get the hang of it, the job feels easy, although it can occasionally be frustrating.

3. There is a NT$100 monthly birthday-celebration allowance, regular group meals, and toilet paper is provided.

4. You don’t have to worry about meals.

5. Free health checkups

1. The managers love talking bullshit and saying random things. A few of them are downright arrogant and bully people—seriously, what are they acting cocky about? Can’t they just communicate properly?

2. The base salary is extremely low and is padded with allowances, but the calculation formula is incredibly complicated—apparently it has to be complicated enough that you can’t calculate it yourself or know whether you’ve been underpaid.

The allowances are calculated based on the number of days worked, so if there are more days off that month, you’ll receive much less.

3. Even after working for five years, you still can’t make NT$30,000. The raises are so insignificant that you barely feel them.

4. The evaluation system makes no sense. Even problems that cannot be attributed to the employee are made the employee’s responsibility.

5. They may underpay you, and you have to scrutinize every cent yourself. But because the calculation formula is so complicated, it’s also difficult to calculate.

6. The year-end party is in Taoyuan, and it’s fucking necessary to waste an entire day. It’s a little better now—you only have to waste more than half a day—but it’s not much different. Can’t they just have a meal and leave?????? Not everyone wants to waste their lives at activities that supposedly build company unity and team spirit, so I simply don’t go.

7. After you leave, they won’t pay or even mention the performance bonuses from work you previously completed. If you don’t ask, there’s an 80% chance they’ll quietly pocket them. They only pay once you ask—probably because they’re afraid of complaints. It’s the classic case of “the squeaky wheel gets the grease.”

8. No holiday bonuses for the three major festivals, but plenty of bullshit.

9. The year-end bonus is roughly a little more than one month’s salary; that’s all you get.

10. Good performance doesn’t mean you can receive more money. These really are two completely separate things.