Workplace reviews and discussion: 巨一科技股份有限公司

Almost no one in the company works overtime.

To perform this role, you need a professional background in microscopy to independently complete the design tasks assigned by the supervisor.

This is actually a very high-pressure environment. When I first joined, my supervisor did explain the work items within my responsibilities, the problems that needed to be solved, and demonstrations of how to operate the company's products.

During my first two months, I became familiar with the internal principles of the microscope products I operated, borrowed a light source from a supplier for testing, explored ways to eliminate reflections from the objects under test, conducted related experiments, completed the initial design of the microscope light source, selected a 70x optical lens, prepared two presentations for internal seminars, and provided training to relevant personnel.

Although I produced all of this within two months, I did not pass my probationary period because my supervisor considered my contributions insufficient.

However, I also have something to say. When I joined the company, although I knew what work tasks I was responsible for, unfortunately, I was not told what deliverables were expected in order to pass the probationary period.

At the beginning, my supervisor did not clearly explain the requirements for the light source design or what level of brightness would be sufficient, and the target requirements were frequently changed during the process.

During my work, he frequently interrupted me without scheduling discussion times in advance or sending emails. Half of the matters he discussed with me were unrelated to my current work. This delayed my deliverables and consequently compressed the time available to prepare the seminar presentations; the schedule for the later work was delayed by at least a week.

On one occasion, he spoke so loudly with a colleague next to me that it disturbed my work. They would not go into a meeting room even when discussing matters, so I eventually could not take it anymore and went to a meeting room to concentrate on completing my work. Instead of checking on me, my supervisor directly opened the door and interrupted my work to ask about my progress and when I would deliver the results.

I still reported my work progress approximately once every day or two on average, but he continued to say that I had not reported in a timely manner.

During work, I conducted experiments to understand the imaging of the microscope lens, but he interpreted this as me being unfamiliar with the product's usage requirements.

When screening my résumé, he clearly knew that I had no work experience in the microscopy industry,

yet he had unreasonable and unrealistic expectations of me. He told me more than once that the previous optical-mechanical engineer had a lower salary than I did, yet completed so much work and was more timely than I was. The difference between us was that I had only been exposed to the microscopy industry for two months, while the previous optical-mechanical engineer had worked at this company for six years—but he compared me with him.

I was dismissed the day after completing reports for two seminar meetings and providing training to internal personnel. My presentations were not even bad. I was completely treated as disposable labor.

Since joining the company, I was never disrespectful to my supervisor, nor did I offend him in the way I spoke. Being treated this way was truly emotionally exhausting.

If you do not have experience developing microscope products, you really should not apply for the optical-mechanical position at this company; otherwise, the work will be extremely painful.

Those with development experience have better options and do not necessarily need to work here. You need to have a great deal of patience to endure dealing with the supervisor. He is not an expert in optics, and when he suggests that you do something in a way that cannot achieve your objective, you need to have the time and energy to convince him.