Workplace reviews and discussion: 和暢科技股份有限公司

1. Flexible clock-in and clock-out (clocking out between 9 and 10 p.m.).

2. Annual leave exceeding the requirements of the Labor Standards Act (10 days after completing one year).

3. Afternoon tea once a month (approximately NT$100).

4. Gifts or gift money for the three major holidays (approximately NT$3,000 in value).

5. Small company (approximately 30 employees), so it is easy to get to know everyone.

1. Leadership is skilled at asserting its status in ways that fail to convince people, and is unable to establish good systems and a healthy environment to build employee cohesion.

2. The company has a high turnover rate, and people are regularly laid off. Even if you meet your performance targets, they can still get rid of you whenever they want—it is personal rather than performance-based.

3. Flexible working hours (9–10 a.m. start time), but overtime is ignored. As long as someone is always present when leadership looks at your workstation, that is all that matters.

4. Having an opinion about the company is treated as having an opinion about the boss, so you have to be extremely careful about what you say and make sure certain people do not hear it.

5. The leadership is so confident that it has gone too far. They do not self-reflect when there are problems and frequently leave everyone questioning their basic sense of reality.

Overall, this is a very unfortunate case of a company with wasted potential. For a small company, the benefits are not bad, but the way personnel matters are handled internally is difficult to accept. The boss is very arrogant and constantly wants employees to believe that the company is great, but does not provide a corresponding level of support or contribution, which is unacceptable. The company’s growth is limited to improved sales; everything else related to company expenses—attendance and leave, raises, bonuses, profit sharing, and stock—is handled as discretionary rewards. Do not come expecting everyone to be working hard together; you will have an easier time if you approach the job as just a way to earn a living.