Workplace reviews and discussion: 紳業工業有限公司

The only advantage is that you don't have to work on make-up workdays.

Everything else is full of drawbacks.

I sincerely recommend that experienced people not come here to humiliate themselves.

Unless you're a fresh graduate or changing careers—in which case it's suitable for gaining experience, but you still have to endure it.

1. As mentioned below, the salary consists of base pay plus a meal allowance. Only the sales department receives this kind of salary adjustment; other administrative departments do not.

2. The atmosphere at work is extremely oppressive. You can't talk, and supervisors occasionally let out loud sighs. Taking out your phone feels like committing a crime, and you can't go to the bathroom for too long without being checked on.

3. Employees are treated as outsiders and tools for making money. There is no overtime pay. Although you can submit a request, it requires approval from above, so it's effectively the same as having none. Employees are guarded like thieves; nothing is provided, not even ordinary items such as an incoming/outgoing stamp. Purchases must be price-compared—even stationery, folders, and printer paper costing less than 50 NTD.

4. As mentioned below, the snack cabinet is actually stocked in advance, but the boss will come and compete with you for the snacks. If the boss sees only two or three items left in a bag, they will be extremely unhappy and demand that everyone be reminded to take the items out and throw away the bag.

5. The turnover rate is extremely high; more than 10 people leave in a year.

6. Work is distributed unevenly. Because the company cannot hire enough people, everyone has to do multiple jobs and is occasionally asked to help load goods, making you feel more like a laborer.

7. The office has an open-plan seating arrangement with no partitions. The desks and chairs are much too low, making it easy to suffer back pain. Only supervisors and key departments have height-adjustable desks; everyone else can wait indefinitely.

8. You have to help order boxed lunches and clean. Although someone has been hired to clean, they only come twice a month. The company is unwilling to spend more on maintaining the environment, so sometimes tiny cockroaches accompany you while you eat. Cleaning areas are assigned, but no one actually wants to do the work. You order boxed lunches for the company to reimburse, but they are not treating you—the meal allowance is already part of your salary structure.

9. The air conditioning can only be turned on depending on the time and temperature. It is often left off even when it is very hot. The office is stuffy when you arrive in the morning, but it is best not to turn it on in order to save electricity.

10. There is a plastic smell. The office air circulation is extremely poor. As someone mentioned, the warehouse area near the entrance often has very strong plastic, paint, and parts odors, which spread into the office. It would not be surprising if someone became ill from the fumes one day. You cannot close the door because then the air would not circulate.

11. Regarding year-end and mid-year bonuses, the year-end bonus is not fixed at one month's salary; it is paid according to the boss's mood. Half of your money is paid separately—divided by two and turned into the mid-year bonus, which is the Dragon Boat Festival bonus.

12. There are three holiday bonuses, but they are very small. Excluding the Dragon Boat Festival bonus, there is only 1,500 NTD for the Mid-Autumn Festival and 200 NTD for the start of work after the New Year holiday (you get nothing if you don't come in that day).

13. Health examinations follow the Labor Standards Act: you only get a free one after five years. If you have been there less than five years, forget about it.

14. You have to write a work log every day, recording what you did that day—your personal work diary.

15. Mondays have an activity resembling a university weekly meeting. Everyone is assigned a topic to present, related to economic news. The key point is that you must explain how it benefits the company; if you fail to mention that, you will be lectured. Supervisors will also be criticized, but it provides zero help with your work.

16. There are an absurd number of group chats, and you can never finish checking them all; you have to follow every one.

17. It is a paperless workplace. You absolutely must not print too much, or the boss will be unhappy. Use your eyes to compare documents on the computer yourself; I believe your myopia will increase rapidly.

18. If you are applying for a non-engineering or sales position, don't come; you are replaceable.

19. There are often new projects, new ideas, and new changes at work—everything changes according to the boss's whims.

20. You come to work to work. There is absolutely no such thing as friendship among colleagues, and you must be careful not to be stabbed in the back. That is not part of your job.

21. Young, attractive female employees should take care to protect themselves.

22. Be careful not to be sabotaged by others. If you are in a key department, you have no chance of winning—you are guaranteed to lose.

23. You must ask the boss before ordering drinks.

24. Whenever drinks are provided or the three holiday bonuses are distributed, there will be a “culture of gratitude.”

25. Things are often not given to you on time, but once they are, you are expected to finish them immediately—as if this were your only responsibility.

26. The computer towers are inconsistent, and the keyboards may be difficult to press or have missing letters. You can only buy keyboard stickers or make do. Everyone has different versions of Office, so sometimes files open in newer or older versions.

27. Performance review scores are completely unfair. They are based on relationships with colleagues and whether the boss likes you.

28. No matter what kind of leave you request, you must give a reason. You cannot refuse to say; they will keep asking until you do. The boss does not like employees taking leave, even sick leave or annual leave. Taking too much leave will draw attention, and sick leave must have documentation.