Workplace reviews and discussion: 騏宏科技有限公司

The rank-and-file colleagues, who are very submissive, are mostly decent and easy to get along with.

The company keeps opening more and more positions, while more and more people leave, yet it still hasn’t gone under. The capital must be extremely strong, so there’s probably no need to worry.

There are so many that they’re like ghosts.

1. The interview is long-winded and full of pointless talk. The main points are that the boss is amazing and the company is highly profitable, and they paint an enormous rosy picture. Then they start picking at your faults and pushing down your salary, before saying that as long as you have the ability, they’ll dare to offer you any salary—and then giving examples, such as the company’s head of IT.

2. Watch out for all kinds of smiling tigers. Managers from different departments will try to get you to say bad things about the boss, then report it to the boss as a work achievement. (My god, how can there still be somewhere in Taiwan that’s so much like China? It’s secrecy and counterespionage everywhere.)

3. All kinds of bizarre demands, insults, and dismissals. If you don’t attend classes, you’re branded uncooperative. (There’s no overtime pay, the classes are boring, and a bunch of people crammed in there wasting their lives—is that really enjoyable?) They ask you to propose suggestions for improvement, but when you do, they scold you for merely pointing out problems without solving them—isn’t that just making trouble? (You’ve just joined the company and don’t understand anything yet, so how are you supposed to help solve things?) If you don’t point out any problems, you’re considered to be slacking off at work. In short, the boss has money, so whatever he says is right. No matter how capable you are, if you don’t know how to put on an act, you’re garbage.

4. Watch out for the HR and quality-assurance managers—their miraculous Brocade Guards will even help add drama to your story.

5. Before you leave, they’ll remind you not to spread rumors, or they’ll take you to court.

6. Just forced overtime, occupational-safety facilities, and workplace bullying (especially psychological bullying) alone would probably be enough to earn the company several fines.

7. Will the Labor Bureau come and collect some evidence?