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Read the community guidelines1. Overtime pay is provided, but it is limited.
2. Dormitory accommodation is provided, so there is no need to rent a place outside.
3. Parking spaces are provided, so there is no need to park on the street.
4. Annual leave, paternity leave, and marriage leave are provided in accordance with the Labor Standards Act; the company only pays fines after being caught in a labor inspection.
1. Even when the company makes money, the year-end bonus is still very small. When it does not make money, the year-end bonus is only about 0.5–1.0 months’ salary; when it does make money, it is approximately 1.5–2.0 months, because the old-timer management staff take all the benefits.
2. The R&D workload is heavy. Meetings, document preparation, sweeping the floor, project development, communication with various departments, and so on all have to be handled by the engineers themselves. If they do not do them well, the project manager will get angry.
3. The managers do not like to take responsibility, and the system is also designed so that management staff do not have to take on projects. If you observe carefully, you will find that the project managers are actually very good at evading responsibility. The managers show favoritism and push all the work onto capable engineers, while repeatedly claiming that it is for their own good.
4. Rewards and punishments are unclear, so it makes no difference whether you do more or less. Redundant employees are not dealt with; instead, work is continually assigned to capable people. You should leave work on time—doing more only puts you at a disadvantage.
The department has SOPs (standard operating procedures); following the standard procedures ensures the work is done correctly.
1) An endless stream of meetings
2) Piles of documents and files
3) Emails must be archived for future reference and self-protection when questions arise
4) Department managers lack a lateral rotation mechanism; they can use one set of secret martial arts techniques until retirement.
4) The boss says: mission must be accomplished
A place to coast until retirement
Not much work
Taking leave isn’t particularly obstructed
If you haven’t been with the company for at least two years,
none of the advantages above will apply to you
Although it is an electronics company, the boss still has the mindset of a traditional industry. Instead of properly overseeing product quality, management focuses on document audits, believing that all quality issues are caused by employees failing to handle the documentation properly in the first place.
There is obvious infighting among departments, and most managers have an old-fashioned mindset and pass the buck whenever possible.
Recently, the company’s orders have declined considerably due to quality issues, and it is currently undergoing a transformation.
Most of the people in the R&D department are very talented, but some long-serving senior R&D employees have a tendency to evade responsibility and pass the buck.
For the most part, the company complies with the Labor Standards Act. Required overtime pay and compensatory leave are always provided, and the salary conditions are considered average for the Changhua area.
However, when employees go through the resignation process, some unscrupulous managers have used company regulations to suppress departing employees. They assume that company rules take precedence over the Labor Standards Act and invoke workplace ethics to pressure employees internally, withhold departing employees’ salaries, and use various other strange excuses to accuse them of wrongdoing.
Although it is an electronics company and the company is profitable, its personnel management follows the traditional industry management model.
Some managers there rely on their seniority, put on a show, and throw their weight around as managers (without the slightest sense of professionalism). They have no concept of management or teamwork! They are managers only because they are long-serving employees who were promoted, and they possess only basic job skills. Well, it should be said that this group’s thinking and work methods have remained stuck at the time they joined the company. During their time at the company, they have not received ongoing on-the-job education or training.
If you are looking for breakthrough development, I do not recommend going there. If you want a stable salary, you may consider it.