Workplace reviews and discussion: 華碩雲端股份有限公司

1. I’ve been with the company for over five years before I knew it. After seeing some of the comments below, I thought I’d share my perspective.

2. The managers are pretty good to senior R&D staff. I once thought I might just continue staying here.

3. After completing five years, you receive a small gold coin.

4. In the first few years, there were instant noodles and drinks available. In recent years, things have been continuously cut back, leaving only coffee and cookies. The amount of coffee beans and cookies replenished has also been getting smaller and smaller. I asked a newly hired administrator, and apparently the company’s budget isn’t very large, so they can only buy the cheaper coffee beans and cookies. Still, having something is better than having nothing. I miss the days when there were instant noodles and drinks.

1. Some people say the distance is far, transportation is inconvenient, and it’s inconvenient to get food. Those are facts, and I agree, but I think everyone’s circumstances and tolerance are different, so I won’t say much more about that.

2. During my years at the company, certain things often happen cyclically. For example, there is an organizational restructuring or a new parachuted-in manager every six months. Recently, another new manager arrived, and the number of external managers keeps increasing, leaving people below with little chance of promotion. Although this time the parachuted-in manager is not in my department, colleagues were talking about how a team of around 20 people has four layers of reporting before reaching the boss. I won’t say more about the hardships faced by the employees at the bottom.

With layer upon layer of reporting, discussions and re-discussions by upper management, the request eventually gets passed to R&D when the system needs to be changed, putting pressure on R&D’s time... All I can say is, it’s an endless cycle.

3. Mutual blame is also the norm. When a system is revamped or the business team promises unreasonable features or timelines, the entire development team is forced to “plug away” within a compressed schedule, and then rushes something out to the customer before its technical feasibility has been properly determined, effectively using the customer as a guinea pig. When you try to discuss the timeline with your manager, you often hear that the boss wants the schedule compressed, so just launch first and deal with it later. What about quality testing? Wait until the customer finds the problems... Who will fix things when something goes wrong? R&D and PM have to take the blame... (Someone below mentioned Dasheng Financial Holdings as an example... we’re still cleaning up that mess.)

4. Many people who came in full of enthusiasm—including me—wanted to accomplish something here. Some changes were indeed made, and there were some modest achievements. Seeing some people leave the company recently, along with comments that are both positive and negative, isn’t it simply because reality fell short of their expectations? Work is like a romantic relationship: after you get together, if you’re compatible, you stay; if not, you leave. I’ll stop at mentioning the shortcomings—let’s just say I dreamed it all up~~

5. Recently, Hunter provided some opportunities, so I decided to talk with my team leader about my career. That was when I discovered that my team leader’s annual salary is only just over 1 million [NTD]... This made me feel that it was time to go out and see what else is out there. If I’m going to suffer either way, I might as well suffer somewhere that pays more!

6. As Jack Ma said: If you aren’t paid enough or your heart feels wronged, after staying here for a while you’ll realize that both apply. Life is short, so think carefully about your choices!