Workplace reviews and discussion: 正聲廣播股份有限公司

Station branch experience sharing:

1. When it's quiet, it's very quiet. During an 8-hour shift, you can watch YouTube, browse your phone, chat with colleagues, and then go home.

2. The year-end bonus and profit sharing are substantial. For a first-year newcomer, they come to around 80K (including tax), which is considerably higher than at other stations.

3. Broadcasters only need to produce programs that remain just above the passing threshold; as long as the programs air as scheduled, that's enough.

4. The company holds a staff dinner about once a month, paid for with company funds, so you can eat well.

5. There are many opportunities to go out for interviews, allowing you to meet people from a wide range of industries and build your professional network.

6. Supervisors generally do not restrict program content much, as long as it is not illegal.

7. You can take on outside hosting work, but you must report it, and the company will take a cut.

8. Broadcasters also serve as salespeople. You receive a commission for every deal you bring in: 20% for government agencies, 25% for private organizations, and 10% for concert sponsorships.

Station branch experience sharing:

1. Broadcasters also serve as salespeople. During interviews, this is described in appealing terms—as if you only need to spend a little time soliciting advertising—but in reality, sales work accounts for about 90% of the workload, while program production, recording, and interviews account for roughly 10%.

2. A concert must be organized every year, so every broadcaster must meet a sales target. For first-year newcomers, the target is NT$100,000; the sales KPI increases with seniority.

3. The base salary is low, around NT$26,000–27,000. Annual income is mainly increased through bonuses (paid in cash), the year-end bonus, and profit sharing; this is done by the company to evade taxes.

4. You need to take rotating broadcaster shifts. After work in the evening, you must keep the company phone with you at all times. If the broadcast goes off the air, you must handle it immediately and call the client to apologize. Many women have experienced disrupted menstrual cycles and endocrine disorders as a result of outages in the middle of the night.

5. You also have to work shifts on holidays, though compensatory leave is provided. On national holidays, however, whether you get the day off depends on the circumstances.

6. Don’t expect to produce good programs here, because the company’s primary goal is to make money. Consider this job only if you are interested in sales.

7. Apart from hosting, you cannot take on any other side work for the company, and the company takes a cut from hosting work.

8. Apart from the Taipei main station, which is FM, all the other branch stations are AM stations that sell medicine. As for the program content... you know what I mean!