Workplace reviews and discussion: 証聲音樂有限公司

1. Paid leave: Leave is approved even if requested the day before or on the same day, as long as it does not conflict with your designated backup.

2. Music: I heard quite a lot of advertising music material personally; the advantage is that you can listen to it for free, I suppose.

3. Colleagues: The colleagues in my cohort were quite easy to get along with. Even though I left several years ago, we still occasionally arrange meals and gatherings together.

1. Bonuses and salary:

(1) Lateness: Let me first talk about the bonus and salary-deduction system from when I was there, about six years ago. At that time, some colleagues often worked overtime at night, which caused them to be late for work. There were also people like me who lived relatively far away and had to transfer between several buses or trains; sometimes, all it took was rain and traffic congestion to make us late. So they established a rule allowing only 10 minutes of lateness; beyond that, half a day’s pay was deducted. Although I’m not sure whether this system is still in place, I strongly recommend that if it is still being implemented, don’t rush if you know you’ll be more than 10 minutes late! The boss won’t take pity on you and waive the deduction just because you’re one minute late. Just come in half an hour late.

(2) The three festivals: I’ve somewhat forgotten how much it was, but it was very little—about NT$500, I think~ And I remember that the year-end bonus in the year I graduated and joined was extremely generous: NT$5,000~ Great!

(3) Salary: I was a newcomer. When I first started, during my probationary period, they paid me 20K, so imagine the amount after labor and health insurance deductions. It was raised after three months. Then, within my first three months there, two network administrators left. Since my major was related, they had me take over, so my salary went from 23K to 25K. After that, it stayed the same until I left; I had been there for a little over a year, and my final salary was 27K.

(4) Benefits: Public holidays off, the three festival benefits, the year-end banquet, and lucky draws, which usually involved employees paying their own money to participate for fun. There was one employee trip, but I’m not sure whether there were any more after that. Oh, and there was no overtime pay; the position operated under a duty-based system.

2. Meetings:

They absolutely loved holding meetings: monthly meetings, daily morning meetings (reporting what had to be done each day), and even when the boss was away on a business trip, everyone still had to join the morning meeting via Skype.

3. Colleagues and boss:

(1) Colleagues: The turnover among colleagues was extremely high. There were also two senior employees who were the boss’s favorites. The boss basically took their opinions into consideration, so under no circumstances—seriously, under no circumstances—should you offend them, or you’ll be forced out.

(2) Supervisors: There was no supervisor system when I was there, but teams had started to be formed before I left. I remember a few people emerging as team leads.

(3) Boss: Constantly changing orders, doing whatever came to mind, but not interested in considering employees’ opinions—he only liked hearing what he wanted to hear. There was one employee who was very capable; anyone who wants to learn can take him as a mentor.

4. Work environment:

There was a rotating duty roster. Every day, the person on duty had to arrive early to fill the water dispenser, and the trash had to be taken out weekly. Oh, and don’t forget the fish tank, which was the boss’s favorite.

Conclusion: In fact, many colleagues were easy to get along with, but the salary was not good. To survive there, you had to get on the right people’s good side—that’s basically it.