Workplace reviews and discussion: 台灣雙葉電子股份有限公司

Nominally a large company. University graduates can stay for 1–2 years to build up their résumés, but definitely don’t stay too long, or you’ll become disconnected from society for too long, making it difficult to change careers later. As for the salary, compared with the other 22K traditional-industry jobs in Kaohsiung, this salary is acceptable for a fresh university graduate...

The workforce is aging, with many older middle managers. Young people cannot be retained, and salary increases are so minimal that they are almost imperceptible. Most long-term employees are difficult to communicate with and speak very bluntly. There are more officials than soldiers, and very few people who actually get things done; there are many officials who only know how to talk. Although it is a large company, it has virtually no systems in place, because everything is decided by the managers. You have to judge for yourself whether something is reasonable; without the ability to distinguish right from wrong, you can easily develop deeply ingrained misconceptions that will harm your future career. Some managers, for the sake of saving face, reprimand people without hesitation, take credit for achievements, and only know how to criticize others. The company’s current main optoelectronics products have no competitiveness whatsoever. To make it appear that costs have been reduced, inferior materials are used to produce low-quality products. The plant’s technical capabilities cannot break through, and its products are too slow to keep up with the market. All orders are essentially goodwill orders sponsored by Japanese companies, but order conditions have also been gradually declining recently. Most managers are still living in the glory days of twenty years ago and make young people grand promises that do not reflect the current state of the industry.... There are still many good companies out there, so please think carefully before joining...