Workplace reviews and discussion: 鼎恒數位科技股份有限公司

Most of my colleagues are quite young, so the overall work atmosphere is fairly pleasant.

Because everyone is young, however, people do not necessarily understand what behavior is appropriate or inappropriate in a company.

But this should not be used to support a company that claims to be a startup while actually expecting employees to obediently follow orders and work overtime.

During my several years at mayo, certain things would happen periodically, for example:

Every year, all employees would be called together and asked to cooperate by working overtime to help the company through difficult times;

Every six months to a year, there would be an organizational restructuring or a major system overhaul;

Every few months, there would be a new manager parachuted in from outside.

Mutual blame is also commonplace. When there was a major system overhaul or the business promised unreasonable features or deadlines, the entire development team would be required to complete an impossible workload within an impossible timeframe, producing a rough version without conducting thorough testing.

(When you follow your manager’s instructions, set aside quality standards, and work yourself to the bone to rush out a product in a short period, any negative customer feedback will lead to criticism from multiple departments and several colleagues and managers.)

The company also did not react much when managers shouted at employees or slammed their desks.

I have also experienced working overtime at home all day during typhoons, as well as being “kindly” invited in company group chats to go to the office and work overtime.

After working weekends (9:00–23:00) for several months until feeling unwell and frequently having to take leave, I was asked, “Were you already in poor health?”

Because the overall workload was too heavy, my former manager requested several times that the department be expanded. It was not until several people in the department had gradually resigned that the workforce was increased substantially—by more than double.

Life is short; think carefully about your choices.