Workplace reviews and discussion: (台北市電腦公會)台北市電腦商業同業公會

1. No need to clock in or out when coming to or leaving work

2. 30 days of paid leave every year

1. I joined the association in 2025 because of its reputation and was responsible for organizing trade shows related to education. Before I joined, the manager who interviewed me said that this position would allow me to actually work as a “curator,” but in reality, one person is responsible for one exhibition area, handling everything from business development, marketing (and the “marketing” here is not really marketing; it basically means following the previous year’s SOP), administration (drafting cooperation contracts with clients, helping Chinese exhibitors and visitors apply for visas to enter Taiwan, processing a bunch of damn paperwork, and so on), after-sales service, design, social media, and planning activities and forums during the exhibition. In short, you have to do everything from A to Z. In my view, we are merely a group of people who do not understand curation trying to curate exhibitions, with no professionalism or depth. This is not suitable for people who want to deepen their careers, but it may suit young people who are still trying to find their direction.

2. Falsifying data: They claim that the number of visitors exceeded 350,000, but this was fabricated by the manager. Exhibitors are not stupid either. If you can deceive people into exhibiting by claiming that the results are excellent, without feeling any guilt, then this job is very suitable for people with no moral compass.

3. The director of the Software Services Group is terrifying. The culture in this department seems to be stuck in the 1960s. This director’s management style is notorious. If you can tolerate hearing a vulgar old person yelling and cursing in the office all day long, then you’ll be OK.

4. Because the culture described above is extremely traditional and exploitative, the turnover rate is very high. Five people left my team in one year (there were only eight full-time members), and the situation in the neighboring team was the same. There is hardly any culture to speak of. If you want to be a robot earning a fixed salary, you are more than welcome.

5. To add to the above, because the organizational culture is poor, there are also many instances of infighting, badmouthing one another, and shirking responsibility in my team. There are no allies; everyone just does their own thing.

6. Further to the above, the manager has no management skills and does not pursue further training. They do not handle conflicts when they arise. They spend all day working on Notion but have no idea how to manage projects. You will find that you spend more time making spreadsheets than actually working, while your colleagues can take a very long time to complete a task without anyone knowing what they are doing (?).

The manager also has little empathy and is very much like a robot. Basically, most people in the association are NPCs. If you are someone with a lot of ideas, do not come to the association—you will be miserable. If you want a fixed salary, do not care what you can learn, and like comfort, then the association is a good fit for you.

7. There are no real “rules” or SOPs for organizing exhibitions. Big brands get the most favorable treatment, and violations do not matter.