Workplace reviews and discussion: 太古華電實業股份有限公司

The office atmosphere is fairly harmonious, and the hardware and equipment are well maintained.

Although there are many back-office staff, the workload assigned to each person is still very heavy, while the pay is pitifully low! If you want a raise, you first have to explain what extra things you have done for the job, and after you finish, it depends on whether the boss is in the mood to sign your raise request.

When you come to work here, remember to work overtime whenever you have nothing else to do—if possible, do it every day! The boss will love you and think you are very hardworking. If you do not work overtime, they will think your job is too easy and may give you more work or send you to support a department that is short-staffed.

Do not offend the veterans here, especially those with 7 or 8 years of experience, because if you upset them, they will find ways to mess with you. Something that was not originally your problem may somehow later become your fault. The boss talks very nicely in meetings, saying that engineers can raise any problems and that the company can require them to improve. In reality, the only people who can be made to improve are the rookies; the company can do nothing about the veterans, who continue acting careless and irresponsible. For example, when there is a complaint from a residential community, if it involves a veteran, the company will say it is the customer's problem and not poor service. But if it involves a less experienced employee, they will directly deduct money from your salary, bring it up for discussion at the weekly meeting, and may even issue a warning, then blame you for causing the company to lose a customer.

As for the salary, because they want to evade taxes, part of it is transferred to your bank account and part is paid in cash. The bank transfer is always on time, but the cash depends on the payroll clerk's mood. Even though they clearly said during the interview that payday was the 10th of every month, the cash portion is always delayed by another two or three days at the payroll clerk's end before you can receive it. Not once in the entire year was it paid on time. When you ask them about it, they say: “We previously said that anything paid by the 15th does not count as late!” I really do not know who they said that to; when I asked other colleagues, they all said they had not heard anything like that during their interviews!

Finally, I wish everyone success in finding a job. If you like treating the company as your home, you are welcome to come interview here!