Workplace reviews and discussion: 音律電子股份有限公司

1. The workload is not heavy; some departments do not work overtime and leave as soon as their working hours are over.

2. Free parking spaces; both cars and scooters can be parked.

3. The year-end bonus is sometimes not bad.

4. Lunch is provided.

1. The lunch break is only 50 minutes. The company provides meals, but they are not very good. If you do not want to eat them, the area nearby is very desolate. Apart from a 7-ELEVEN, there is almost nothing to buy, and I have never seen anyone order delivery. If you bring your own lunch, there is only one microwave, located on the B1 floor, and there are cockroaches nearby, so it is inconvenient and I do not dare use it. Taking leave results in the meal subsidy for that day being deducted.

2. Many employees have been with the company for more than ten years and control the company’s main work assignments, such as important projects and key clients. Those who joined later can only do odd jobs and play minor roles. Senior management only wants to see results and does not care about the process. Raising concerns is not very useful, so even after working there for four or five years, there is little growth.

3. The owner’s son has taken over the company in recent years and has been purging the company’s long-term employees. Several waves of people have already been summoned to discuss voluntary retirement and rehire arrangements. All the long-term employees are on edge, making them even less likely to delegate authority. Even though the owner’s son hired a new associate general manager for each department, they still cannot command these long-term employees. People who joined the company later face the question of whether to listen to the associate general manager or the long-term employees as soon as they join, or have to watch the two sides struggle for control. It is emotionally exhausting.

4. This site shows zero violations of the Labor Standards Act, but that seems unlikely. I have clearly seen several former colleagues who were involuntarily dismissed, but the company handled them as voluntary resignations. There were also people who resigned voluntarily but did not accept the company’s attempts to retain them, and were then asked to leave early. These former colleagues did not want to report the company, mostly because they were afraid that when looking for future jobs, a new company might contact their former supervisor or HR department, affecting their future prospects, so they could only endure it and accept the situation. Moreover, the company never announces the list of departing employees or their departure dates. Whatever HR does behind the scenes is only shocking when you hear about it from people who were forced out. Thinking about how ruthless the company is is frightening. In the past, there was not much information about this company available online. I am taking the risk of writing this in the hope that no one else will be deceived, and also hoping to do more good deeds and build up merit so that I can be freed from this situation soon.