Workplace reviews and discussion: 搜博科技股份有限公司

After being here for a little over a year, I decided to change career paths—after all, I’m still young.

Aside from the basic benefits required by Taiwan’s Labor Standards Act, the company provides all the standard benefits you would expect. Everything is quite by the book (the companies I worked for before would only give gifts for the three major holidays... and coincidentally didn’t provide year-end bonuses during the pandemic...), so I think this place is pretty OK.

The office provides a refreshment area and a snack cabinet, which employees can freely use when needed (there’s a coffee machine and toilet paper!!).

The Taipei office is generally on the quiet side, so it takes some getting used to when you first arrive. However, relationships with colleagues who work with different departments are generally pretty good. The atmosphere during company events is also quite nice, and people often get together to order meals or drinks.

You can also learn the skills you need through the work, and it doesn’t feel like you’re being left to fend for yourself or ignored. However, it seems to depend on the manager. The biggest worry is having a manager dump tasks on you and then leave, but my manager still checks in from time to time to ask about people and work. Work isn’t too dull.

There is a high degree of freedom, so you have to arrange your own tasks. The workload is also fairly heavy, and the job is based on a responsibility system, so you need to be self-disciplined and know how to manage your time.

The turnover rate is indeed quite high; about every month or two, you’ll hear that someone from another department is leaving.

Each manager has a different personality and working style. Once you get familiar with them, you’ll know how to respond. When you first join, you can also hear some rumors about them.