Workplace reviews and discussion: 工研院 _財團法人工業技術研究院

It’s relatively relaxed; you can do your own thing, and people generally don’t interfere much.

1. Here, you absolutely have to pretend to be stupid, pretend not to notice anything, and pretend to be incapable. They won’t lay you off anyway, and as for performance reviews, just leave it to fate. The performance review system here is bizarre: your review is conducted by a supervisor you only see once a year, and performing well doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll receive a good rating. Taking your work seriously only puts you at a disadvantage, and you may end up doing all the work for someone else’s benefit.

2. Among the dozens of supervisors I have encountered at different workplaces since entering the workforce, the supervisors here are among the least capable. They usually don’t participate, help, or provide guidance on projects, and when problems arise, they pretend nothing happened and ignore your messages (see point 1: pretending nothing happened is the survival rule here). When a problem is discovered by a higher-ranking supervisor, they may even stab you in the back in front of senior management and everyone else. It feels like everyone in the office dislikes one another, creating a very poor atmosphere, but the supervisors also turn a blind eye and have no intention of addressing it.

3. Personally, I feel that several small and medium-sized private companies I previously worked for were far more capable than ITRI; the quality of their project results was even better. I don’t know why the government insists on investing taxpayers’ money here ==

3. In any case, I plan to leave as soon as I receive my year-end bonus. I advise the public not to make the same mistake I did by letting ITRI’s name blind you. When all is said and done, it is merely a good-sounding name.