Workplace reviews and discussion: 居安心科技檢驗股份有限公司

1. Most of my colleagues are pretty good.

2. Most of the office staff care about their colleagues’ physical well-being.

3. The company regularly provides snacks and dry goods for employees.

4. NT$2,000 per day is provided for fuel and meals.

5. Sorry, I can’t think of anything else to write.

1. Field staff frequently leave early and return late. After finishing work, they sometimes still have to drive from southern Taiwan to the company in northern Taiwan. After working a full day, they are already physically exhausted, and working 14 hours a day, including overtime, is not uncommon.

2. No matter how well office staff perform, the boss never notices. The boss only says it is that way because the supervisor is present.

3. Overtime pay is not calculated according to the Labor Standards Act. For example, with a monthly salary of NT$23,100, overtime pay is calculated as 23,100/30 days/8 hours.

In addition, overtime pay is not received together with the salary. The boss transfers it only when they are in a good mood.

4. The boss does not calculate the employee-paid portion of labor and health insurance contributions with you; a lump sum is deducted only before you leave the company.

5. Holiday overtime is announced one day in advance. If you cannot cooperate, the boss will privately say that the employee is lazy.

6. A team usually consists of two people: one lead inspector and one assistant. If there is a problem with the work that day, the company will hold the lead inspector responsible. Do not think you are safe because you are the assistant—if the lead inspector makes a mistake, you will also be implicated. This is true even if you did not know what they were supposed to do. If you do know what they should do and try to help, the boss will scold you for overstepping your role.

7. The boss often goes back on their word and changes decisions from one moment to the next.

8. This is probably what everyone cares about: the company does not provide detailed pay statements.

9. The year-end bonus of 2.5 months’ salary mentioned on the recruitment website is actually the total of the bonuses for the three major holidays.

10. The two-day weekend should also be taken with a grain of salt, because the boss charges consumers extra for holidays and naturally schedules work whenever possible.

11. The boss favors their own friends. Once they join, they are always treated as the top priority. The easier assignments go to the boss’s friends, and they receive the credit as well.

12. To sum up, if you want to gain experience, this may be a good place for you. Those who are not short of money should consider coming here. It would be even better if you have connections. Otherwise, you start at the bottom, and to move up, you have to wait until someone above you resigns before you get a chance.