Workplace reviews and discussion: 凱基證券股份有限公司

I really couldn’t help but share a strange company phenomenon.

One colleague’s networking has already evolved to the next version. He doesn’t bring business cards or a portfolio;

he brings his child, Pidan, into the spotlight intensively instead—truly a walking portrait. While everyone else was still sorting out course cards and ID badges during the two-day training,

his child was already casually joking in the pantry: “姐姐可以當我女朋友嗎？” 🤪

In that moment, you understand what it means to cultivate connections from a young age and what long-term investment looks like: letting a child’s innocence work in your favor while also helping the child build a network early. Uncles and aunties, you’d better learn well.

Meanwhile, ordinary people like us are still figuring out where to put our wallets, how to spread risk across multiple accounts, and avoiding recording passwords electronically, terrified that one phishing link might ruin us. But the reality is that some money doesn’t even need to be stolen—companies can make year-end bonuses and the three seasonal bonuses quietly disappear for some very creative reasons 💸

The company culture is also quite distinctive—and quite a pain. They say employees are their most valuable assets, but it’s hard to truly feel that 🙂 You’re expected to greet the general manager and chairman proactively, but whether they’ll return your greeting is like drawing a card—it all depends on their mood that day 🎲

The overall environment is the kind where it’s hard to say exactly what’s wrong, but somehow nothing feels quite right. Turnover is so high that perennial vacancies are practically permanent, and the people coming and going are more consistent than the company events. It even makes you wonder whether to contact the Ministry of Labor—we had to hold a secondhand market for our last regular company event, so everyone could pass along things they no longer needed; but sometimes, inside the company, you wonder whether the things being passed along are actually people.

Some people might say that having booths at company events is a plus, but honestly, in a place that makes you uncomfortable, even the tastiest food kills your appetite 🍱 On top of that, if you resign before completing your contract, you may still have to pay certain fees, making the overall experience even more complete.

Still, I have to admit that colleague really is ahead of the curve. While we’re still adapting to this environment,

he’s already cultivating a next-generation network inheritance system.

And Pidan is probably the earliest person in the entire company to understand all of this.