Workplace reviews and discussion: 加雲聯網股份有限公司

The Kaohsiung boss was very nice and generous.

It was probably around 2017.

The Taichung supervisor had very poor project scheduling and management skills.

The project was taken on in June, I joined in October, and it was supposed to be closed out in November. Nothing had been done on it for four months. Planning only started after I joined.

There was no intention of mentoring or managing people; what they needed was someone who could hit the ground running.

Meetings to discuss things were infrequent, and there was little intention to do any planning. Everything was planned independently. The supervisor did not monitor progress; only when the vendor chased us for updates would they ask how things were going. When deliverables were not produced, they would proactively call at 10 p.m. to ask about the progress. They would proactively check in after working hours.

What I remember most clearly was when I asked about overtime pay, and the supervisor replied: “You want overtime pay? Then are you going to pay the project penalty for breach of contract?” Because I was very afraid of having to pay a penalty, I proactively resigned.