Workplace reviews and discussion: 華碩雲端股份有限公司

The colleagues are all very nice.

The location is good? Moved to Zhuwei. There’s a river in front and a hillside behind.

It’s convenient to park scooters. No other companies compete for scooter parking spaces, and cars get a slight discount—but if you’re not a manager, sorry, you have to park outdoors.

There is no need to clock in or out.

The AI Innovation Park on the address plaque is very eye-catching. Saying you work at ASUS earns praise from everyone.

1. After moving to Zhuwei, the surrounding amenities were almost nonexistent. For food, there is a 7-ELEVEN vending machine; it takes about 10 minutes to walk to the nearest FamilyMart; and it takes about 30 minutes to walk to the area near Zhuwei MRT Station, where there are many food options (and then you have to walk 30 minutes back). Bringing your own lunch solves the problem, but be prepared to line up at noon~

2. Transportation is inconvenient. Taking the MRT to the company is practically a disaster: after exiting the station, you still have to walk 30 minutes to the company—of course, some people walk fast... but what about when it rains? Or you could take the bus for two stops to Renji Nursing Home and then walk to the company? At the time, the assistant said that moving from the Guandu headquarters to Zhuwei would mean only one more MRT stop~~ Personally, I think it makes a huge difference.

Just based on points 1 and 2 alone, this location feels extremely poor. No wonder Pfizer sold the site and moved back to the city center.

3. The work content is somewhat questionable; we are always competing for government tenders and scientific research projects. They say performance improves every year. I still think the core business needs to improve to create opportunities. Relying on tenders and research projects while the boss keeps painting a rosy picture about excellent performance feels like forcing things to continue. A senior colleague downstairs also said that the organization is adjusted every six months, to respond to project needs (adapting to the environment and seeking change—hmm, it sounds reasonable).

4. There’s no need to talk about the salary. When I went elsewhere, people even said, “ASUS pays this little?” (I had to specifically explain that it was a subsidiary.)

5. The benefits keep getting reduced, and you have to fight for snacks in the snack area. The gym even said that attendance was too low to justify hiring a trainer—sure enough, it’s a subsidiary. The company does not have a proper system for ordering lunch; when I left, there was only one lunch option available—even the assistant ordered delivery. Monthly birthday celebrations were changed into the boss’s quarterly report. The assistant said birthday celebrations had become merely symbolic (isn’t that a benefit?). Three times were reduced to one snack event—how frugal can they be~

6. Employees here must develop horizontally, and their coverage needs to be broad. If you insist on specializing in your own core duties and refuse to do some of your colleagues’ work, I don’t recommend coming here.

Considering all of the above, this may not suit people who live in Tamsui District and are close to Zhuwei, bring their own lunch, or like doing miscellaneous work. I’ve been here for several years~ Perhaps the only useful thing is that I once worked at “ASUS.” It can be used to impress outsiders who don’t know better. If you want to cultivate yourself and live a quieter life, you can still consider it. For older people, and for young people who still have drive, I suggest looking at another company for comparison.

This job should be rated (Fair) to somewhat below average. The main issue is that moving to Zhuwei is unacceptable; otherwise, if it were still at the original ASUS headquarters, I could probably endure it.