1. Flexible start time by one hour

2. Lunch is provided

Self-service buffet in the employee cafeteria

When the pandemic situation is severe, boxed lunches are eaten in the office

3. Dinner is also provided, but you can only have it if you work overtime. You have to order it online yourself, or an assistant will call to ask whether you want to order

But dinner is limited to a few regular restaurants

4. From time to time, colleagues treat everyone to drinks or chicken cutlets

5. There are subsidies for travel, sports, and recruiting people to join the company after staying for a certain period of time

1. No overtime pay

But there is a fixed monthly overtime allowance

Anything beyond that is treated as a deemed-duty system

2. If you eat dinner and work overtime, you must work at least two full hours before you can leave

Sometimes the restaurant also gets the dinner order wrong

But you can slack off when the assistant manager is not there at night

You may see colleagues sleeping, using their phones, or watching videos, and even people who do not show up until almost the end of the workday

3. The assistant manager makes rounds at irregular intervals

If they see you holding your phone, it will affect your performance evaluation

It does not matter whether you are replying to a message in the company LINE group or an important private message—the treatment is the same

Do not be fooled when you see senior colleagues using their phones, checking stock prices, or watching videos

Their evaluations take place in the middle and at the end of the year

As a newcomer, you are evaluated during the three-month probationary assessment

Also, if you clock in before 8:30 a.m. and enter the company, you cannot eat breakfast while using your phone

If the assistant manager sees you, you will be reprimanded just the same

They say that once you clock in, you are on the job

Then why does the contract say that the workday starts at 8:30—is it just for show?

Even if you arrive at 8:00 a.m. to eat breakfast and finish eating at 8:20, you will still be reprimanded

They will say that you took too long to eat breakfast

Then, later, an announcement will be posted in the company group stating that this and that are not allowed

At the weekly meeting, if someone asks about something you are responsible for and you cannot answer, you will be criticized in front of everyone

4. If the person training you is an older manager who owns land

be careful not to be set up

The performance evaluation includes a professional competency assessment

One part of the assessment is called the A-test, with more than 40 items

You will not be told that these are included in your evaluation

The key point is that the senior colleague training you will only tell you to do a few A-TEST items involving bare-board testing without disassembly

After you finish, they will ask you to support them with their other tasks

They will not tell you at all that you also have to complete the other A-TEST items

Even if you finish your work and ask the manager what else needs to be done,

the manager will only tell you to continue supporting the senior colleague

Then, after three months, you will have spent all your time helping with the senior colleague’s projects

You will receive the lowest score for not completing the A-TEST

If you point out what happened, they will brush you off by saying that they were evaluating whether you should continue with the A-TEST

Then they will say ridiculous things about being the lowest-ranking manager and therefore working very hard

and that other colleagues completed everything

They may even tell you irrelevant things, such as that a certain colleague has a Ph.D. from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

5. Every year, there are credit-earning activities to complete

You must earn 40 credits, which are included in promotion evaluations

There are all kinds of activities

They include internal classes, external classes, reading groups, and certification exams, as well as extracurricular activities such as volunteering and sports

But basically, you do not need to worry about them

If you cannot finish them, the manager will hold classes to make up the required hours

If you sign up for non-professional classes, people will comment on it and you will not be allowed to attend

They say that people in R&D are very busy and do not have time to participate in those activities

6. There is a tidiness competition from time to time

Someone will inspect whether the lab benches and office desks are clean

The top few and bottom few will be announced

Then, money will be deducted from the people in the bottom group and used as prize money for those in the top group

7. An assistant technician cannot be promoted to engineer without a master’s degree

If you perform well, the company may keep a position open for you until you finish your studies and return to work