Workplace reviews and discussion: 財團法人中國生產力中心

1. The colleagues in my unit are relatively young and kind. Despite everyone being so busy, they have high EQ, don't lose their tempers, and can find humor in hardship.

2. There is overtime pay.

3. I heard that once you get in, you won't be fired no matter how unsuitable you are, and there is always some unit you can go to. In my unit, for example, there is a mid-level manager who gets scolded all day long, yet I haven't seen them get fired.

1. The supervisor in my unit (Da'an) has a habit of loudly berating subordinates even when people from other units are present. Their voice carries like a bell. You can hear it outside even when they call someone into a small conference room.

2. The workload is astonishing. As soon as I start work, I answer phone calls until after the end of the workday before I can begin doing my actual work. The job consists of endless paperwork of all kinds. Since we coordinate with the government, if they are unhappy, they come up with new ideas and we just keep revising things. The government agency is also extremely difficult to deal with.

3. New employees must perform a humiliating cheerleading routine at the year-end banquet during their first year. This should really be disclosed during the interview! Also, I heard that the one-month year-end bonus is not the actual take-home amount.

4. The salary is simply too low. If you graduated from a national university in Taiwan and have good language skills and abilities, you could quickly earn more than this by passing a civil service exam or working for a typical private company. Unless you no longer want to strive and would rather do boring work until retirement. However, they transfer people with long service records to extremely busy units; I feel this is like forcing them into retirement indirectly.