Workplace reviews and discussion: 碩網資訊股份有限公司

1. Work the same day; if you work more than 8 hours, you can claim overtime pay (if the reason is legitimate).

2. Transportation expenses for business trips can be claimed (you need to provide itemized details with the application, and the expenses can be reimbursed). It can be done online, which is very convenient.

3. The company continues to work remotely (I think it started when the pandemic broke out last year; now everyone is happily watching dramas and playing LoL at home (just kidding)).

4. Work starts at 9:00 a.m., with a 30-minute grace period for clocking in. You can clock in via the app, which is very convenient (just tap your phone after waking up, then go back to sleep—LOL XD).

5. You get three free clock-in corrections per month (very convenient if you oversleep or forget to clock in while you're out).

6. Everyone has to fill out xplanner every day. Since last year, the company has assigned employees to compile statistics on what each team’s employees have done every month. In addition, there is a fixed performance review every year (you fill in what you did today or this year; it does not mean you will get a raise).

7. If a team achieves its target revenue, there is a bonus (employees may receive several thousand or several hundred dollars, depending on the actual profits and each project’s contribution, which are then divided among them).

8. There is no factional infighting at this company, so you do not need to worry about conflicts with others. If things go smoothly, you can work steadily (if you can withstand it XD).

Considering the points above, for a small company that only went public on the Emerging Stock Market last year, the benefits really aren’t that bad.

Many small and medium-sized companies still do not offer these suggested benefits XD.

As for the work:

Engineers can learn many basic things

(such as setting up system environments, software development (full-stack), and testing—in short, many things.

For the most part, you have to rely on yourself to Google and research. You can learn a lot of surface-level knowledge, but you may not become proficient in everything; it depends on your own abilities).

As for PMs and SAs:

In recent years, many things here have relied on engineers, but people have come and gone, and many have left. To be honest, there is no real standard here. I can’t think of many advantages. Anyway, for PMs and SAs, encountering a reliable engineer can be summed up in one word: awesome.

I’ll leave the other advantages for someone else to add XD.

There are actually many disadvantages!

Problems that still exist at the company:

1. The turnover rate among engineers and general staff is extremely high, and there are major gaps between projects.

The employee ID numbers have already approached 900, but there are only a little over 130 employees.

(Engineers generally stay for about a year before making their own plans, because they know too many of the truths.)

2. It is very common for one person to handle multiple roles (the job descriptions on the job bank are just for reference).

(Senior engineers handle almost the entire process, from installing and setting up environments to discussing requirements and development—everything has to be done themselves.)

While handling other issues, they also have to answer their supervisors’ questions XD (I have to ask: do employees earn more than their supervisors? XD)

Supposedly, team leaders and supervisors get an extra NT$10,000. All I can say is that the employees have it tough.

3. The company really likes hiring newcomers.

From the supervisors’ perspective, this can help the company save on personnel costs.

From the employees’ perspective, many people agree to the offer because they want to come in and learn (each side gets what it needs XD).

4. For most employees, base salaries and year-end bonuses are never equal.

(Unlike the tech industry elsewhere, most employees here do not even receive two months’ worth of year-end bonuses.)

Supposedly, some people are guaranteed two months, while others’ base salaries are almost at the ceiling XD.

There are many more details as well.

If you are considering this as a long-term option, I do not really recommend it. Given the company’s current situation, things are not good in many respects.

Some positions have been vacant for years because the company cannot find anyone.

It just keeps exploiting the existing workforce. If you have ideas, I suggest moving somewhere else—it would be easier there~