華碩雲端股份有限公司

The HR person was lovely, and the interviewer was very easy to talk to.

The interview location was not ideal—you could hear the interview taking place next door. The security guard downstairs was not very friendly, and the building was difficult to find from the outside.

Colleagues get along well, and there isn’t much backstabbing.

If you ask about a problem, most colleagues will help.

Most of the time, you leave work on time, and overtime is rare.

The salary is a bit low.

Overall, it's pretty good.

The work is easygoing, and there’s no overtime.

The commute is inconvenient, and there is severe water accumulation by the roadside on rainy days.

There is no work-from-home policy.

The colleagues working there are generally nice, except for the executives in power.

Although I don't know how many people I know will still be there after I resign.

The location is remote.

Insufficient local amenities, and benefits have been cut.

The salary is average, and applying for overtime is troublesome.

Mass layoffs to reduce expenses.

Of the promises made by upper management, few have been fulfilled.

They said there would be no layoffs, then laid off a large number of people three months later.

They said they would organize the environment before moving offices.

As a result, the new office only has one coffee machine and a vending machine from the 7-Eleven on the first floor.

People at lower levels come and go.

Ever since a certain senior executive parachuted in,

the workplace has become a venue for power struggles among upper management.

There are many horror stories.

If you really want to stay, stay for only one year.

Treat that year as a stepping stone.

After all, if you stay too long and your annual salary increases, you will also become a target for layoffs.

There is air conditioning.

There is a vending machine on the first floor.

The space is getting bigger and bigger.

There are more and more motorcycle parking spaces.

Another group of people is leaving recently. Last time, HR said that the chairman was applying pressure to lay off employees.

What about this time? Who is applying the pressure?

Employee turnover is very high, the number of employees is getting smaller and smaller, and the office space is getting bigger and bigger.

I've been here for two years and have always worried that I might be laid off.

Inconvenient transportation, suitable for walking and exercising

Inconvenient food options, suitable for dieting and losing weight

1. No allowance or overtime pay for on-call duty; inconvenient transportation and limited food options.

2. Low salary, no bonuses, inconsistent with what the manager said during the recruitment interview.

3. Outdated internal systems, very weak information security, frequent outsourcing of projects; claims to be a cloud company but uses Google products internally.

4. Engineers are the first to be laid off; work is unevenly distributed, and PMs and R&D staff have to handle too many project requirements.

5. Senior management has more slogans than concrete action; the company is not actually making money but spends a lot on advertising.

6. Senior management says the company is making money, but the head of accounting says it is losing money...

7. They say the company is making money, but they canceled birthday celebrations, eliminated many benefits, and laid off employees...

I’ve been here for over a year and still haven’t received a raise.

The old-timers are exceptionally skilled at dodging responsibility, while newcomers can only resign themselves to doing the work.

Overtime often cannot be reported, and raising the issue will result in a meeting with management.

1. The air conditioning is old; it’s extremely hot in summer and extremely cold in winter.

2. An open-plan office area with partitions that might as well not exist, making it convenient for the boss to monitor your work.

3. The salary is pitifully low. During the interview, they said there would be bonuses, but that does not match the reality.

4. When raising issues with the administrative department, they often say that the boss or secretary will decide.

Very good at packaging and promoting through media

Zhuwai: a river in front and a hillside behind

The office is fairly large

1. There is almost no concept of organizational division of responsibilities within the company, because all development directions and judgments of right and wrong are carried out according to orders issued by the general manager alone. Therefore, if your supervisor does not know how to manage upward, you will basically end up doing all kinds of strange tasks. You may go from being a PM to having to handle business development and sales, and then also develop programs, etc. (Your supervisor will not care whether you know how to do it; you are simply expected to do it. If it is not done well, it is considered your personal problem.)

2. Also, because the supervisor you report to is so poor, there are always endless tasks. Even if you point out that something should be the responsibility of another department, you will only be told that the general manager wants us to do it, so it has to be done. Understand?

(This company’s supervisors love to invoke the general manager: whenever something is unreasonable, they say, “That’s what the general manager said….”)

3. As you can imagine, the working hours will be extremely long. In addition, there is no cross-departmental support, because everyone just pushes responsibilities onto one another.

4. The company’s organizational culture is very corrupt. Basically, everything is done according to the general manager’s imperial decree. Ask the administrative supervisor, and they say the secretary said so (the general manager is still behind the secretary); ask about procedures, and they say it was the secretary; ask about forms, and they say it was the secretary. Anything that deviates from this will be met with severe scolding or ostracism. If performance is poor, it will always be blamed on the people below for failing to implement the decree, and never on the direction being wrong.

5. Many people have recently resigned. Basically, if you can last more than a year here, you are considered fairly experienced, because people are often deceived into joining. In addition, turnover has been extremely high over the past one to two years, and it is very difficult to recruit people. (So do not believe promises that more staff will be hired to share your workload.)

Very good at packaging and promotion through media

Coffee and cookies (but these are becoming less and less available)

1. Inconvenient transportation

2. Inconvenient for getting meals

3. Afternoon tea has also been canceled

4. On-call duty comes with neither an on-call allowance nor overtime pay

5. Low salary; the 104 job posting stated there was a bonus, but I have never received one

6. An old system architecture from the early days, so we are often putting out fires

7. There are more PMs than RDs; each RD has to handle the different project requirements of multiple PMs

8. Engineers are the first to be cut in layoffs

The colleagues are all very nice.

The location is good? Moved to Zhuwei. There’s a river in front and a hillside behind.

It’s convenient to park scooters. No other companies compete for scooter parking spaces, and cars get a slight discount—but if you’re not a manager, sorry, you have to park outdoors.

There is no need to clock in or out.

The AI Innovation Park on the address plaque is very eye-catching. Saying you work at ASUS earns praise from everyone.

1. After moving to Zhuwei, the surrounding amenities were almost nonexistent. For food, there is a 7-ELEVEN vending machine; it takes about 10 minutes to walk to the nearest FamilyMart; and it takes about 30 minutes to walk to the area near Zhuwei MRT Station, where there are many food options (and then you have to walk 30 minutes back). Bringing your own lunch solves the problem, but be prepared to line up at noon~

2. Transportation is inconvenient. Taking the MRT to the company is practically a disaster: after exiting the station, you still have to walk 30 minutes to the company—of course, some people walk fast... but what about when it rains? Or you could take the bus for two stops to Renji Nursing Home and then walk to the company? At the time, the assistant said that moving from the Guandu headquarters to Zhuwei would mean only one more MRT stop~~ Personally, I think it makes a huge difference.

Just based on points 1 and 2 alone, this location feels extremely poor. No wonder Pfizer sold the site and moved back to the city center.

3. The work content is somewhat questionable; we are always competing for government tenders and scientific research projects. They say performance improves every year. I still think the core business needs to improve to create opportunities. Relying on tenders and research projects while the boss keeps painting a rosy picture about excellent performance feels like forcing things to continue. A senior colleague downstairs also said that the organization is adjusted every six months, to respond to project needs (adapting to the environment and seeking change—hmm, it sounds reasonable).

4. There’s no need to talk about the salary. When I went elsewhere, people even said, “ASUS pays this little?” (I had to specifically explain that it was a subsidiary.)

5. The benefits keep getting reduced, and you have to fight for snacks in the snack area. The gym even said that attendance was too low to justify hiring a trainer—sure enough, it’s a subsidiary. The company does not have a proper system for ordering lunch; when I left, there was only one lunch option available—even the assistant ordered delivery. Monthly birthday celebrations were changed into the boss’s quarterly report. The assistant said birthday celebrations had become merely symbolic (isn’t that a benefit?). Three times were reduced to one snack event—how frugal can they be~

6. Employees here must develop horizontally, and their coverage needs to be broad. If you insist on specializing in your own core duties and refuse to do some of your colleagues’ work, I don’t recommend coming here.

Considering all of the above, this may not suit people who live in Tamsui District and are close to Zhuwei, bring their own lunch, or like doing miscellaneous work. I’ve been here for several years~ Perhaps the only useful thing is that I once worked at “ASUS.” It can be used to impress outsiders who don’t know better. If you want to cultivate yourself and live a quieter life, you can still consider it. For older people, and for young people who still have drive, I suggest looking at another company for comparison.

This job should be rated (Fair) to somewhat below average. The main issue is that moving to Zhuwei is unacceptable; otherwise, if it were still at the original ASUS headquarters, I could probably endure it.

The chaos caused by architect Xiao*廷: The company is not an SI, yet it competed with a former employee who had left to seize a bunch of SI projects. The company has no staff; all projects are outsourced, and it still takes them on. They recruit newcomers to take the blame for the mess, but newcomers are unwilling.

Xiao** even told HR that the newcomer did not share technical knowledge, deliberately dismissed the newcomer, seized the newcomer's computer, and took it away. Be careful when joining... HR manager Gao Qian* also threatens and uses force to hold you back and prevent you from leaving, only letting you go after forcing you to sign a resignation.

The documents were provided long ago, yet they kept using the probationary period to pressure newcomers into working for free and taking Jing*Cheng's documents to another outsourcing company.

The job duties described during the interview differed greatly from the actual work. Originally, they said the job would involve developing the company's private cloud and IoT.

In reality, the work involved projects won by the architect surnamed Xiao and a former sales employee. Although the company is not an SI, it went after projects for ShenX*, DaX*Jun, hospitals, and 5G projects in the telecommunications industry. They then hired employees from SI companies to take the blame; when they could not do the work, they looked for other SIs to outsource it to.

In the Airport MRT project, they replaced Jing*Cheng midway. Before even terminating the contract with Jing*Cheng, they told a newcomer to take the blame and complete the CI/CD in two weeks... Jing*Cheng quoted three months for four person-days.

HR seizes employees' computers.

HR seizes employees' computers.

HR seizes employees' computers.

1. I’ve been with the company for over five years before I knew it. After seeing some of the comments below, I thought I’d share my perspective.

2. The managers are pretty good to senior R&D staff. I once thought I might just continue staying here.

3. After completing five years, you receive a small gold coin.

4. In the first few years, there were instant noodles and drinks available. In recent years, things have been continuously cut back, leaving only coffee and cookies. The amount of coffee beans and cookies replenished has also been getting smaller and smaller. I asked a newly hired administrator, and apparently the company’s budget isn’t very large, so they can only buy the cheaper coffee beans and cookies. Still, having something is better than having nothing. I miss the days when there were instant noodles and drinks.

1. Some people say the distance is far, transportation is inconvenient, and it’s inconvenient to get food. Those are facts, and I agree, but I think everyone’s circumstances and tolerance are different, so I won’t say much more about that.

2. During my years at the company, certain things often happen cyclically. For example, there is an organizational restructuring or a new parachuted-in manager every six months. Recently, another new manager arrived, and the number of external managers keeps increasing, leaving people below with little chance of promotion. Although this time the parachuted-in manager is not in my department, colleagues were talking about how a team of around 20 people has four layers of reporting before reaching the boss. I won’t say more about the hardships faced by the employees at the bottom.

With layer upon layer of reporting, discussions and re-discussions by upper management, the request eventually gets passed to R&D when the system needs to be changed, putting pressure on R&D’s time... All I can say is, it’s an endless cycle.

3. Mutual blame is also the norm. When a system is revamped or the business team promises unreasonable features or timelines, the entire development team is forced to “plug away” within a compressed schedule, and then rushes something out to the customer before its technical feasibility has been properly determined, effectively using the customer as a guinea pig. When you try to discuss the timeline with your manager, you often hear that the boss wants the schedule compressed, so just launch first and deal with it later. What about quality testing? Wait until the customer finds the problems... Who will fix things when something goes wrong? R&D and PM have to take the blame... (Someone below mentioned Dasheng Financial Holdings as an example... we’re still cleaning up that mess.)

4. Many people who came in full of enthusiasm—including me—wanted to accomplish something here. Some changes were indeed made, and there were some modest achievements. Seeing some people leave the company recently, along with comments that are both positive and negative, isn’t it simply because reality fell short of their expectations? Work is like a romantic relationship: after you get together, if you’re compatible, you stay; if not, you leave. I’ll stop at mentioning the shortcomings—let’s just say I dreamed it all up~~

5. Recently, Hunter provided some opportunities, so I decided to talk with my team leader about my career. That was when I discovered that my team leader’s annual salary is only just over 1 million [NTD]... This made me feel that it was time to go out and see what else is out there. If I’m going to suffer either way, I might as well suffer somewhere that pays more!

6. As Jack Ma said: If you aren’t paid enough or your heart feels wronged, after staying here for a while you’ll realize that both apply. Life is short, so think carefully about your choices!

The secretary dresses very well.

There are coffee and cookies, but the sales staff are often out in the field, so they don't get to have them often.

The company's sales role is extremely suitable for people with the following qualities. If you don't fit them, I recommend that you don't waste your time and end up suffering emotional harm.

1. People whose families genuinely don't lack money. Not only do you have to spend money maintaining a car, but you also have to pay the parking fee yourself in the company's parking lot. They ask us to visit clients every day, but if the fuel expenses from visiting clients are too high, we still get criticized. If you treat a client to coffee, you have to cover the cost yourself. The sales targets are set very high, and several salespeople have privately said that they rarely receive bonuses.

2. People who want to be "toughened up." If your supervisor has a bad temper, makes sarcastic remarks, and engages in personal attacks, you need to be able to remain unmoved, feel that you're doing great, and maintain your confidence.

Other advantages:

1. During the interview, the sales supervisor will make you feel that they are kind and approachable and willing to teach and mentor people. You can learn what it's like for a salesperson to act one way in public and another behind the scenes, and understand how to "avoid the important points and gloss over them."

2. The performance pressure is really high. The supervisor will ask you to push clients, but POCs frequently run into problems. The sales staff have already become very good at "packaging things and avoiding the important points."

3. You need to learn to set aside your credibility and play cat-and-mouse with clients. The company won't lie to get clients to sign contracts, but because of the pressure to meet sales targets, it will ask you to "avoid the important points and gloss over them" ^^ Many clients only discover after purchasing that the features are incomplete and come back to argue. Of course, the supervisor won't help you, because the problem may arise some time after implementation. As a result, even after leaving the company, the messages never stop coming. I've already resigned, but I still often feel the "warmth" of being contacted.

Very good at getting media coverage for packaging and publicity

Free coffee is available, and you have to come in for two cups every day

There are actually still a few capable people, but when we talked privately, we all found that this isn’t a place to stay for long...... There has been constant turmoil recently

Low salary

Very good at getting media coverage for packaging and publicity; management only knows how to chant slogans

Claims to be a cloud company, but people don’t even dare to use the company’s own products internally after trying them (they still use Google internally)

Extremely weak information security, only focused on appearances; the code is very easy to copy

Often takes on projects and then outsources them to other companies; claims to know blockchain, but actually outsources the work, and when problems arise with the outsourcing, makes the R&D team solve them

The project for a major financial holding company also required the PM and R&D team to clean up the mess, treating the client like a guinea pig

The company is still operating at a loss, and often requires PMs to take on government subsidy projects; PMs and the R&D team frequently have to write expense subsidy logs

Colleagues are generally easy to get along with.

If you finish your work, you can leave on time.

The Sales Department is very loud when speaking. When performance is poor, they blame other departments and often set traps for PMs and R&D.

Several PMs have resigned recently; in one unit, only the manager remains after the PM resigned.

The system architecture is based on an older design. If you are paired with a veteran employee, you do all the development work while the veteran only handles the maintenance of certain modules.

There used to be some birthday celebrations, but they have all been canceled now.

The colleagues are easy to get along with

1. There is no night-shift allowance for working night shifts.

2. It's a food desert, far from the MRT station, and transportation is inconvenient. The nearest convenience store is a 10-minute walk away.

3. The salary is low, and it's been a long time since I made any money. The 104 job listing says there are bonuses, but I've never received any.

4. The colleagues nearby are all looking for jobs.

HR-friendly

The manager was friendly and very willing to share details about the work, helping me understand the work situation, the department, and the job responsibilities.

• The interview meeting room was very small—really small. I feel sorry for those who have meetings here.

• You could hear the discussions taking place in the neighboring room, so this may need attention next time.

• The final question asked about university club experience. Personally, I felt that this was a bit much for someone with work experience.

If interviewing a university graduate, it would be perfectly reasonable.

None

HR asked many strange questions unrelated to the job

Interview: Software Engineer

The HR representative and interviewer were very nice

The salary is fairly average

There are three times as many PMs as RDs, so each RD has to handle the different project requirements of three PMs

The first interview was relaxed and stress-free, and we could even chat about astrology and food.

The questions in the second interview were all very deep technical questions. Even though I applied for a PM position, they interviewed me as if I were applying for an RD role. They also asked, “What questions did the interviewers ask you in the previous interview?” It had been almost a month since the first interview—who could remember? All I can say is that it was an unbelievably ridiculous interview.

After the second interview, I heard absolutely nothing and had to call them proactively to ask. HR lied and said that the company’s recruitment process had been frozen and that they could only issue me an offer after a month. They also assured me that I would start work two months later, but three months later, I received a rejection letter.

The assignment for the PM position after the first interview was as follows:

1. Please analyze Web Storage’s services.

2. Please suggest what functions or cross-industry services cloud storage services could integrate with.

I conducted an industry analysis and competitive analysis, and also proposed recommendations for new product features. After I submitted the assignment, I waited three months and received only a rejection letter. I strongly suspect that this company simply interviews many experienced candidates and then uses the interviewees as free labor.

The interview wasn’t particularly difficult, and the office atmosphere was good. They work on solutions.

The salary is low; for R&D in Zhonghe, they offer new hires NT$40,000.