Workplace reviews and discussion: 台灣應用材料股份有限公司 _Applied Materials Taiwan

Pros

- Unlimited coffee; especially noteworthy are the lattes and the wide variety of tea bags

- Lunch is also very diverse

- There are snacks, but you won't feel like taking any

- No need to clock in or out

- The latest iPhone as a company phone

- Free breakfast

Cons

- Breakfast... doesn't make you want to eat it every day... after all, it's free, eh

- As a newcomer, you need to know how to flatter people and proactively build rapport with your supervisor. You need to establish a good relationship first; otherwise, if someone slanders you later, it will be too late to remedy the situation.

- Supervisors treat people they like and dislike differently, including in their attitudes, examination methods, and standards. Of course, this affects the most important thing...

- Different supervisors have different interpretations of the same standard-related question. Which standard are we actually supposed to use?? Asking doesn't get you an answer either—you have to figure it out yourself. Things appear harmonious internally, but behind the scenes...

- You are provided with an iPhone and a laptop, but you continue working and making up lessons after work

- Just like someone on another floor mentioned, there is overtime pay, but no one dares to claim it

- The supervisor does not have much professional knowledge, but has stayed long enough to understand how things work internally. However, their way of handling people and matters is like that of an immature student: they do not know how to communicate, have a strong sense of self, believe that every mistake is someone else's fault, and like to complain and gossip privately about people and matters without understanding them.

It's exhausting enough to work overtime, but you also have to deal with interpersonal problems. Some stereotypes have formed and are difficult to erase. Sometimes the wonderful atmosphere between departments is just an act, but every day you still have to perform your duties and act it out perfectly from start to finish.

Of course, I believe there are good departments in there too.

(For reference, based on personal experience and observations)