Workplace reviews and discussion: 麗光科技股份有限公司

Most colleagues are easy to get along with.

It is a family business, and basically all the people in the company are relatives and close associates of the owners, with very few outsiders.

There is overtime every day, with no overtime pay. The company says the work is under a “responsibility system.” Even when you actually work overtime on holidays, you are strongly urged to take compensatory leave instead of being paid overtime. Current working hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. When you want to leave at the end of the workday, you still have to report to your supervisor first. They will ask about your work progress and require you to finish everything before leaving. Meetings of all sizes take up at least half of every day, and you generally cannot leave work before at least 7:30 p.m.

A welfare fee is deducted every month, but there are no gifts or bonuses for the three major festivals, birthday bonuses, or Lunar New Year start-of-work red envelopes. The only events are a Mid-Autumn barbecue and the year-end party, but the attendees are basically all the boss’s relatives and friends.

Those who cannot accommodate working late into the night on weekdays are likely to be singled out and questioned.

The employee turnover rate is extremely high.

Due to understaffing, one person often has the workload of at least two or three people. If you cannot finish it, the boss will only think that you have no performance.

All current process-management methods and related practices use management methods from mainland China.

Oh, and flexible make-up workdays always result in annual leave being deducted; those without annual leave must take personal leave.

In short, think it over very carefully—again and again—before joining.