The company's location is close to an MRT station—just a two-minute walk away. That's the only advantage.

1. As a PM here, you have to know how to do everything, including QA work, because the company tries to save money by not hiring QA staff. You can imagine how many bugs the products have. If you suggest hiring QA, you'll even be mocked: “If the PM doesn't test anything, how would they know the product's condition?” What the heck—that's completely beside the point, isn't it? Is this for real? PMs have their own responsibilities and simply can't split themselves up to do QA work. After I left and told people at other companies that we had no QA, everyone was shocked, because any normal software company has QA. Is QA work really so cheap in the CEO's eyes?

2. The R&D staff are each rather unusual. Sometimes, even getting certain R&D people to fix something depends on their mood. They're also all based in faraway Kaohsiung. If there's a problem in Taipei or a feature needs to be discussed, you have to discuss it remotely online. Not being able to talk face-to-face is really troublesome. There are also very few R&D staff—fewer than 10 people—yet there are a pile of projects. Every project is old and problematic, and even fixing a bug requires waiting in line for ages. There aren't enough people or resources; nothing is available. How can projects possibly get done?

3. The CEO here is also a very problematic person. He has an extremely high opinion of himself and keeps emphasizing that project management isn't difficult for PMs. When PMs run into difficulties and ask him for advice or want him to step in, all they get—besides being berated—is sarcastic criticism. He looks like a manager who does nothing but evade problems. Otherwise, when you try to discuss a project issue with him, he may drag the conversation onto another topic and start endlessly attacking how poorly you're performing at work, or talk about how excellent and enjoyable his own previous projects were. This kind of CEO really only knows how to talk.

4. Many of the projects here are cases that have never been successfully closed out. At the root of it, the biggest problem is the lack of resources and manpower. Nothing can be done. The company keeps trying to save money instead of facing the consequences of these problems. Whenever PMs go to a client's office for a meeting, all they do is get scolded because there is barely any progress. Closing out projects and submitting invoices are also handled by PMs instead of sales or finance. Even product training is handled by PMs—it's unbelievably ridiculous.

5. That great CEO has a strong preference for the Product Department and has even allowed it not to prepare product manuals? Isn't that going a bit too far? What company can provide a product without including a user manual? If the client wants one, the PM has to prepare it. The PM may even have to go to the client's company to provide training~

6. As for compensation, well, after reading the points above, I'm sure there's not much to brag about. There's a fixed monthly salary, no raises, no holiday bonuses, and no year-end bonus—basically, nothing at all, because the company doesn't make money~~~

7. I strongly recommend carefully reading the reviews here before submitting a résumé to this company or accepting an offer. You can probably safely avoid this frightening company, save yourself the wasted time, and prevent it from causing lasting trauma in your future career or even affecting your perception.