Workplace reviews and discussion: 台灣曼寧工程顧問股份有限公司

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There is an overwhelming amount of work. I frequently have to work overtime until 10:30 p.m., and sometimes I do not get off work until 1 a.m. the next day. This includes consecutive overtime shifts requiring work on Saturdays and Sundays; the longest stretch was 21 days.

Even when I am working overtime to the point of nearly collapsing, the manager still criticizes us, saying, “I can’t feel your enthusiasm for the work.”

The manager also often sets extremely tight deadlines for reports. For example, you may be given only one week to write a final report, while during that same period you also have to write the monthly report, attend other meetings, and support other teams in organizing events. As a result, you have to work overtime until 10:30 p.m. every weekday, and you also have to work overtime every Saturday and Sunday; otherwise, you cannot finish everything.

There are also many times when temporary assignments are given right before the end of the workday, with the instruction that they must be completed before you leave. This makes them impossible to finish without working overtime. Sometimes they are assigned so late that there is not even enough time to submit an overtime request, so the extra work is effectively donated to the company for free.

For overtime applications, at most four hours are approved; any additional hours are donated to the company. Moreover, there is no overtime pay, and employees are forced to choose compensatory leave instead. In reality, it is impossible to use all of it.