Workplace reviews and discussion: 金智洋科技股份有限公司

Air-conditioned workspace, with fifteen-minute breaks in both the morning and afternoon.

You can sit, provided you can keep up with the speed of the production line.

You can clock in as soon as you enter the company, unlike at a certain technology company, where you can only clock in after entering the premises.

An overtime hell.

Because it was short-term, I wanted to cooperate with the work schedule as much as possible, so the working hours were extremely long: 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. Full-time employees might also have to work overtime on Saturdays, from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Most of the workers there were migrant workers.

The workload distribution was often unbalanced. One person might be responsible for too many tasks, making it impossible to keep up with the pace and replenish materials in time.

It was assembly-line work with repetitive movements. Although there were opportunities to take breaks—drink water and use the restroom—performing repetitive movements continuously for more than ten hours a day was still quite physically demanding.

One supervisor seemed to have become mentally unstable from working there. Their mood was unpredictable, and they did not explain things clearly, yet would blame you for not asking.

They chatted happily and openly took breaks and slacked off, but enforced the rule that what was permissible for the authorities was forbidden for the common people.

It was unclear whether it was due to the weather or overwork, but people frequently took sick leave to see doctors. It was truly amazing that the employees were still alive.