Workplace reviews and discussion: 達運光電股份有限公司

The advantages of working here are probably… experiencing exploitation by an old-school boss, being suppressed by middle-aged and older colleagues who let their emotions affect how they treat younger employees, wondering whether you’ll get overtime pay, realizing that staying here is a waste of your youth—and then finally waking up.

If you’re young and considering working here, I recommend avoiding small family-run companies like this one. Besides having a very traditional company culture with little progress, the boss will manipulate you at will like an emperor. Some of the long-time employees who have been stuck here so long that their legs have gone numb also have very poor emotional management. The long-time employees who can’t leave because their legs have gone numb from standing here are probably not very capable either—they couldn’t make it in the industry, so they either returned here or are only capable of staying here.

You won’t get much of a good salary here either. Most of the relatively highly paid employees are probably the boss’s confidants or people who curry favor with the boss despite having little ability; they just wait here until retirement. The year-end bonus is also pitifully small.

Furthermore, as RD in an important department in the tech industry, you’ll spend a great deal of time on inefficient tasks such as paper reports and approval processes because the company’s systems are inadequate. The rules also change constantly. On top of that, veteran employees—including those in other departments—will suppress others at work or be difficult to cooperate with, so it’s hard to learn much.

After leaving here, it really was the decision I regretted least. Even having to start learning again at a new company was so much better—far, far, far, far better—than the working environment and the people and things at Ta-Yun Optoelectronics in Wugu.

It has now been more than a year since I left. My salary has already surpassed what I earned at Ta-Yun by more than double. In the tech industry, good companies are willing to let you learn and teach you; they aren’t afraid that you’ll learn and even hope that you’ll learn more. They are also very willing to provide resources. By contrast, young people at Ta-Yun will be looked down on, dismissed, suppressed, and given low pay.

If you’re thinking of coming to this company… please cherish your precious youth.