After joining Mifold for more than a year, I introduced a classmate to apply for a job here last week, and they suggested I come here to see what people say about the company.

I have never posted anything online myself, but after reading some of my friends’ posts, I feel I am quite suited to offering some different perspectives.

I don’t think any company is perfect, but I do think Mifold is constantly changing and moving forward. As the company has grown, many policies have evolved, and its systems and culture have continued to develop in a positive direction.

I sincerely think this is a great company. If you get the opportunity, you should really seize it.

I am truly grateful to the good friend who introduced me to this company. Without their recommendation, I definitely would not have found out about it.

To be honest, moving from a listed high-tech company to a traditional manufacturer of baby and children’s products worried even my mother. In the past, she would brag to her friends about where her child worked. I know it sounds silly, but that’s just how older people are. “Mifold”—I thought none of her friends would know it. It wasn’t until a few months after I started working here, when one of her friends became a grandmother, that I had her give the friend one of the company’s car seats. The friend’s daughter then said, “This is such a high-end brand!” Only then did my mother search for Mifold and learn about the Yawen Foundation. She even told me that a company and boss with so much love should be cherished, and told me to stay here and do well. It looks like whenever one of her friends has a newborn in the future and wants to give a gift, they’ll definitely come ask me.

I also shared with my classmate that throughout our careers, we will encounter all kinds of bosses, each with their own personalities. Personally, I get along very well with both my supervisors and colleagues. Of course, I am still honing my communication skills when working with supervisors and colleagues who have different personalities. At my previous foreign-owned company, I once had a boss nitpick the punctuation in my PowerPoint and whether the sentences in each set of bullet points were parallel—if one started with a verb, they all had to start with verbs. At the time I thought, “What a pain—is it really that important?!” Now, whenever I prepare a PowerPoint, I’m grateful for that supervisor’s attention to detail.

Mifold is down-to-earth, never satisfied with the status quo, and encourages employees to propose improvements and new projects. It does not sacrifice long-term planning for short-term results. The company had already reached a size suitable for going public more than ten years ago, but the boss said that choosing not to go public was so the company could spend its money caring for employees and suppliers and giving back to society. It does not sacrifice employee well-being, squeeze suppliers, or reduce its contributions to society just to pursue short-term profits and maximize shareholder returns. I think you can see this very simply from the three free meals the company provides every day. There are five or six dishes for lunch every day, provided by two suppliers, with meat and vegetarian options served separately—care and thoughtfulness are evident everywhere. There is also my favorite high-end coffee machine (costing NT$70,000; my parents at home definitely wouldn’t let me buy one) and high-quality coffee beans. As someone who needs at least two cups of coffee a day, I save a lot of money. If you’re interested, you can Google the Yawen Foundation.

There are also genuinely more foreigners here than at the international-brand company I worked for before, since the main customers and markets are in Europe and the United States. In a little over a year, I have met quite a few friends; colleagues come from all over the world, which is certainly broadening my horizons. Most importantly, I’m very happy to learn and grow alongside so many outstanding colleagues.

Traffic in Neihu is relatively congested, but the company allows employees to arrive at 10 a.m., so there is flexibility.

There are currently relatively few motorcycle parking spaces at the company, so you have to queue. However, there are still enough free parking spaces for cars for now.

The company is very low-key and is not publicly listed, so when changing jobs, you need to spend a little time explaining and convincing your family.