1. The commuting hours are fairly normal.

2. (Depending on the department) The colleagues are fairly nice.

3. It is easy to take leave.

4. The year-end bonus is relatively generous.

1. It is a listed major corporation with countless affiliated companies, branches, subsidiaries, and sub-subsidiaries, yet it insists on using an extremely awful system. Even the most basic email/Notes system for daily communication fills up the mailbox every one or two days, and its functionality is even worse. The company is completely unwilling to spend money upgrading equipment or systems to improve employees’ work efficiency. As long as it can still be used, they keep using it.

2. The managers always have endless meetings. They spend every day crowded into meeting rooms, and when you occasionally go in, you find that they are just wasting time. The reports are all about stuffing in numbers.

3. The employee turnover rate is high, while the efficiency of replacing staff is extremely slow. As a result, those who remain are often left to take over the work of employees who have resigned. The people who quit are the smart ones.

4. Low pay. The company expects you to take on a pile of work but fails to pay you a salary commensurate with what you contribute.

5. Serious infighting among upper management, with absolutely no concern for the people below them. Support the heir apparent +1. The people at the top only like looking at numbers and refuse to take staffing or quality issues seriously; they have completely lost sight of priorities.

6. The employee cafeteria’s food is unbelievably bad. The company issues NT$1,200 in meal vouchers every month (which are really just your original salary converted into meal vouchers).

7. On the surface, it looks highly structured, but underneath it is chaotic. The systems and procedures exist only for appearances.

8. Young employees have a high turnover rate, but there are quite a few senior employees from the older generation (they have relatively low levels of cooperation and flexibility at work, and are very good at pushing back when there is additional work). Managers can only turn to younger employees in these situations. It is truly pathetic—I am one of those unfortunate people. Objectively speaking, every company has its drawbacks; no company is perfect. But this place is truly astonishing.

Conclusion: If you are thinking about joining, really think twice. I am currently employed here and am preparing to leave after the Lunar New Year when the time is right. Before joining, I had also read the negative posts written by various veterans on the forum. I thought I would come in and see for myself—maybe it wasn’t really that bad.

After joining, I discovered that every word written by those veterans was true. I advise anyone who has not yet joined but sees this post: if you have a better opportunity, do not follow in my footsteps. If you really want to come here to pad your résumé, you can, but this is definitely not a place suitable for staying long-term.