Workplace reviews and discussion: 瑞士藥廠股份有限公司

You can leave work on time.

The salary structure has already been explained very clearly by someone in another post.

I’ll add some details about the Facilities position.

First, there are positions covered by the responsibility system and those that aren’t.

There is no overtime pay under the responsibility system, only compensatory leave. Non-responsibility-system positions receive overtime pay and can also exchange overtime for compensatory leave.

Here’s an example for reference: I’m under the non-responsibility system and hardly ever work overtime, so my monthly take-home pay is approximately NT$27,000–28,000 (including all allowances). Of course, some colleagues work overtime and earn NT$36,000–37,000.

In theory, all Facilities staff must be on call, approximately 5–6 days per month. The on-call allowance is NT$200 per day, and overtime pay starts being calculated after arriving at the company for half an hour.

On-call duties include maintaining process water, electrical, air-conditioning, and compressed-air systems; handling machine alarms; addressing temperatures exceeding warehouse limits; and so on.

Of course, you can also choose not to answer the phone, then come to the company the next day to fill out an explanation for not reporting to the site. After this happens twice in a month, the on-call allowance is deducted and disciplinary action is discussed.

(Personal thoughts: On-call duty is part of the job, so there isn’t much to complain about. However, many incidents are caused by human factors, and after arriving at the site, you’ll feel really f***ed...)

Regarding colleagues: Be careful with what you say and do; otherwise, the chances of being stabbed in the back are extremely high.

Also, one colleague has some issues with their professionalism and work attitude, but because “they have connections, so it’s not a problem.”

(The recent pressure-reducing-valve incident is the best example....)

Regarding the work: Finish the tasks that are your responsibility, and generally no one will come looking for trouble.

Don’t casually take on additional duties. Once you take them on, they become yours. And that’s it—there’s no “then”; you’ve simply taken on one more duty.

Generally speaking, after being there for a while, you’ll find it fairly comfortable. Regardless of whether your ability to fight will decline, you’ll feel quite conflicted when it’s time to change career paths in the future.

Finally, I recommend that recent graduates come here for a year to gain some experience. Those nearing retirement can come too. Although you won’t eat particularly well, at least you won’t starve.

But if you have definite plans or aspirations for your life, I still suggest thinking it over, then thinking it over again, and then thinking it over one more time.

If you’re under financial pressure, you can forget about it—there’s no need to earn very little money while also putting up with this treatment.