台灣雙葉電子股份有限公司

R&D is in Japan, while Taiwan is the contract manufacturing plant.

Every year, they report losses. Recently, the VFD and RC remote-control divisions were merged and downsized. Electronic engineers’ overtime exceeded 40 hours, so they had to switch to schedule adjustments (compensatory leave).

Freely taking leave without being singled out—unless a client comes to visit for an inspection, in which case you’ll be called in for a talk zzzzz

I came in as a dispatched worker.

I worked on both the second and third floors of Building C～

First, regarding EMS: putting aside some self-important veterans and old team leaders, there are still senior employees who teach carefully. However, there is one old employee who often takes their temper out on the workers and is really awful. Relying on having worked there for a long time, during training they constantly bring up not being overly sensitive, and not telling the section chief that their attitude is bad or whatever. Throughout the training, they repeatedly emphasize that if we make a mistake, they’ll make trouble for us. They also said they had heard that I scold people, so I should watch myself and not cause them trouble. It’s not that I can’t take criticism, but when every other sentence is a threat, it would be surprising if a new employee could stay ==

Anyway, one person who started at the same time quit on the spot after working for three days because of her.

Not long after we started, they again had no work for us and told us to do inventory for nearly two months. I came mainly to learn something, not to count things. With no work, they then pushed us to the third floor, calling it a transfer of level ^^

The women on the third-floor production line were all very patient when teaching, truly worlds apart from the monsters on the second floor～

Not only were they attentive, but they also answered our questions whenever we had problems.

But this also depends on the department～ In another department, you would occasionally be talked about behind your back; if you worked slowly, you’d be criticized, and if they didn’t like the look of you, they could also bring it up for gossip. Seriously, do they have nothing better to do? The badmouthing was even deliberately loud so that you could hear it. No wonder a woman who had worked there for a long time also quit for this reason.

They kept saying there was no work for us, yet the veterans somehow had shifts available for overtime. They worked overtime every day, including Saturdays. I really couldn’t understand what kind of arrangement this was. They also forced us to take unpaid leave, requiring us to use our own annual leave to make up for it, or else deducting it from our pay without deducting attendance bonuses -.-

The worst thing was that they wanted people to resign but didn’t inform them in advance, only notifying them after the Lunar New Year. Although this didn’t violate the Labor Standards Act, it was really too abrupt. Finding a job isn’t easy either, so to me it felt rather unreasonable.

All I can say is that the products they make can no longer really keep up with the times; what they produce is already practically obsolete. Orders are decreasing, so it’s hard to avoid the issue of layoffs.

I don’t recommend coming to this company through a dispatch agency to work as an operator. The待遇 are worlds apart from those of regular employees.

＊Choose carefully—there are better options elsewhere.

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The company’s managers are of poor quality, especially the TP ones. They also like to bully new employees. They themselves are worthless, smoke, and reek of cigarette smoke.

There is also a head of department who has been around for more than 30 years. This kind of company is full of people coasting toward retirement, who are incompetent and like to trade on their seniority.

There are a lot of useless people—just look at the salaries and you’ll know.

1. When the product was first developed and put into mass production, I felt that the senior employees cared about my work after I joined the company. They also helped with questions I raised. Even if my abilities were insufficient, I could still get started and gradually learn.

2. During my time there, I took on challenges in new business areas arranged by the company and learned Japanese to approximately JLPT N2 level. There were Japanese people around me, and I often interacted with Japanese vendors, which allowed me to learn Japanese-style work practices and the language. This helped broaden my perspective.

3. Within the company, there were opportunities to adjust job types and work responsibilities. Overall, the flexibility was quite high.

4. The company was relatively stable and law-abiding, which gave employees greater peace of mind.

1. The company’s overall systems were established during its heyday around 2000. Related computer ERP systems and other infrastructure are outdated, and there is still a great deal of manual work, making it difficult to keep up with the times. Some departments have made improvements, but manufacturing-related operations are still stuck in the past.

2. The company’s senior management in Taiwan consists mostly of long-serving employees who do not continue learning and often talk about things from 20 years ago, making them seem out of touch with the times. I recommend hiring outstanding external talent to replace mid- and senior-level management, or engaging a consulting firm to improve the company as a whole.

Interviewed at the Taipei office

The colleagues seemed quite nice; they appeared to be a mix of fairly senior employees and newcomers

Written test: Chinese-to-Japanese and Japanese-to-Chinese email translation, plus English email writing and translation

The interview lasted about 30 minutes

There was a second interview <a Skype interview with the headquarters in Kaohsiung>

The interviewing supervisor did not look at my résumé at all, which left a somewhat unfavorable impression

It seems to be a very stable company

Nominally a large company. University graduates can stay for 1–2 years to build up their résumés, but definitely don’t stay too long, or you’ll become disconnected from society for too long, making it difficult to change careers later. As for the salary, compared with the other 22K traditional-industry jobs in Kaohsiung, this salary is acceptable for a fresh university graduate...

The workforce is aging, with many older middle managers. Young people cannot be retained, and salary increases are so minimal that they are almost imperceptible. Most long-term employees are difficult to communicate with and speak very bluntly. There are more officials than soldiers, and very few people who actually get things done; there are many officials who only know how to talk. Although it is a large company, it has virtually no systems in place, because everything is decided by the managers. You have to judge for yourself whether something is reasonable; without the ability to distinguish right from wrong, you can easily develop deeply ingrained misconceptions that will harm your future career. Some managers, for the sake of saving face, reprimand people without hesitation, take credit for achievements, and only know how to criticize others. The company’s current main optoelectronics products have no competitiveness whatsoever. To make it appear that costs have been reduced, inferior materials are used to produce low-quality products. The plant’s technical capabilities cannot break through, and its products are too slow to keep up with the market. All orders are essentially goodwill orders sponsored by Japanese companies, but order conditions have also been gradually declining recently. Most managers are still living in the glory days of twenty years ago and make young people grand promises that do not reflect the current state of the industry.... There are still many good companies out there, so please think carefully before joining...

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The last foreign company; it will move out in the future...

Forced out during the three-month probationary period

The Labor Standards Act stipulates that probationary periods are not allowed, but upon joining, they make you sign a form stating that if you fail to pass the three-month probationary period, you must resign yourself.

R&D is in Japan, while Taiwan is a contract manufacturing facility.

The VFD product is being phased out, and the production line will be relocated southward. The product will be replaced by LCMs, leaving employees with no prospects outside the company; long-serving employees are waiting for retirement or facing layoffs.

If we don't work on typhoon days, we don't get paid. They actually say the salary is calculated on a daily basis—is that really okay?

The company culture is very Japanese; there are too many long-term employees, gender discrimination favoring men, and it is not very welcoming to young people. Most managers are difficult to communicate with and do not accept others’ suggestions.