普萊德科技股份有限公司

Broadening my horizons: I learned what a toxic workplace is like. In over a decade of working, this was the first time I couldn’t last even two months. I’d rather go hungry than stay and had to leave.

(1) The first interview is a video interview. The second is an in-person interview at the company with the supervisor and the highest-ranking manager in the department. The third is RC! If you do not accept RC, you will not be hired.

(2) There is a major discrepancy between the job description and the actual situation.

(3) One person is expected to do the work of multiple people, with compensation that is not proportional.

(4) Overtime will absolutely never happen because employees are required to clock out before 6:30 p.m. The iron gate on that floor is locked at 7:00 p.m.

(4) Even if you cannot finish your work, you cannot take it home to handle it because the computer cannot be used. When I asked the supervisor, they said the company was afraid of computer viruses and would not open the VPN. Yet on typhoon days, employees are still required to WFH... There are no typhoon days off.

(5) Various strange militarized requirements: no slippers or sandals; mobile phones cannot be carried and must be left on the desk!; even if people are getting off on every floor, you have to stay in the elevator until a nearby floor and then take the stairs up or down; you cannot wash your boxed lunch at the company.

(6) Workplace bullying is severe, yet the company claims to be a “happy enterprise.”

There are many dictators in the various departments of the company. They casually greet your family members whenever they speak, wish you good health, and whenever something happens, everyone competes to see who is better at bootlicking. Are all the department heads members of the boy band Lollipop?

I almost forgot—the one thing this company is never short of is managerial positions.

It’s fine to have a bad temper, it’s fine not to want to handle things, it’s fine to enjoy greeting other people, and it’s fine for your words and behavior to be obscene. I only ask that you have regular facial features—not crooked eyes or a twisted mouth—and behave normally. That’s not asking too much, is it?

A certain supervisor says that people in the same department should help one another, but I’ve heard that nearly everyone who actually did any work has already left. The employees who remain can be trained in teamwork! There is a senior engineer in one department with a very bad temper. The department’s junior manager has to kneel on one knee beside him to listen to him complain, without realizing that he himself is the one who failed to do his job properly. From what I can see, the manager has very good emotional management skills! Recently, because of the high employee turnover, even engineers who watch videos and browse the internet during work hours can get hired through interviews. Of course, that person was eventually kicked out, but it was pretty funny to have someone freeload off the probation period. All I can say is that this company is very willing to give employees opportunities.

The stock price keeps soaring—how could there be any downsides?

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Speaking up is also an act of kindness!

The department has high staff turnover and many little emperors. In particular, I’ve heard that a certain department in the basement has serious workplace bullying. The biggest problem when it comes to people and results is also the people. I recommend that newcomers keep their eyes wide open when joining.

A few project managers and engineers are quite capable.

You can learn things.

Low pay!

The company does not share its profits with employees.

They all go to the board of directors.

The executives are well-fed and overweight.

Leaving work on time......

All kinds of anti-human management methods—extremely bizarre and incredibly unscientific! It’s truly rare. Seriously... how little does this company trust people?

For example.... The KPIs are absolutely laughable, with no scientific statistics or calculations whatsoever. They simply write a few sentences using buzzwords and call it a day, and they even bring up “points, lines, and planes”.....

During the interview, they said the company placed the greatest emphasis on “harmony among people,” but after joining, I discovered that the company’s biggest problem is actually its “people.” No wonder the turnover rate is so high.

Certain people in ENM and the Procurement department are absolute disasters. Feel free to go see for yourselves.

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After submitting a résumé, I received a notification asking me to fill out an application information form, an interview information form, and a Google Form.

After I sent them back, this company emailed me requesting that I also fill in my family situation on the application information form. Since I felt that my family situation was unrelated to the position I was applying for, I cited the Enforcement Rules of the Employment Service Act to inform them that family situation is personal privacy information and that job seekers may choose not to provide it. If your company wishes to collect this type of information, it must explain the legitimate relevance between collecting this background information and the position applied for, as well as the legal authorization. As a result, this company sent me the following: “After evaluation by the supervisor, our company does not have a suitable position for my background…” and so on.

Throughout this back-and-forth, besides feeling that this company must be very short-staffed, I also felt that if I did not follow the company’s procedures, I would be rejected. I was also quite relieved that they did not later notify me of an interview; otherwise, I don’t know how much more time I would have had to spend.

1. You can clock in and leave on time every day; however, annual leave must be requested one day in advance.

2. There is always a lot to do every day, keeping employees busy striving without being efficient.

3. In the good departments, performance is rewarded; in the miserable departments, no matter how much you do, there is nothing to argue about.

4. It is a suitable workplace for those who like militarized management, keeping you positive every day.

5. The work environment is quiet every day, allowing you to experience tranquility more extraordinary than that of a library.

6. The year-end banquet is held on a Sunday, so it does not conflict with workdays—how considerate of the employees.

7. All the basic benefits are provided. Even the water dispenser is still an old-fashioned push-button type—hygienic and good-tasting.

8. Business trips are not bad either. Those in the same unit cannot even take leave, so everyone is truly sacrificing together.

9. It is a very profitable company and also pays bonuses. Whether it earns a lot or a little, the bonuses are divided the same way.

10. It really is a special company that will be unforgettable for a lifetime (unlike any other).

With so many advantages, how could there still be any disadvantages?

Seems like there were none.

It took three interviews. The third interview was directly with the boss, but it was just casual small talk and ended after 20 minutes. Finally, nearly a month later, I received a thank-you email from HR. Personally, I feel there was really no need to spend so much time on the interviews. Being invited to a second interview or more usually makes job seekers feel that there is some hope, but in the end, I still received a thank-you email. A waste of time. Overall, there was nothing particularly wrong with the three interviews, but emotionally, it didn’t feel good. Not recommended~

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An extremely stingy company; the workday feels like sitting on pins and needles. Terrible.

The job duties are exactly what was discussed in the interview!

You need to hit the ground running, but could you lower the salary you’re asking for a little more?

1. Assist with testing work, including testing the product under high- and low-temperature conditions. Then why hire a test engineer?

2. Assist with design, including designing the product’s appearance. Then why hire a mechanical engineer?

3. Test the product’s hardware, software, and web interface. Then what is the R&D team for?

4. Be available to travel abroad for exhibitions. It seemed that no compensation or leave was mentioned, as though this were considered normal. What about the Labor Standards Act?

The overall impression was extremely poor. Everyone seemed to be just working for a living, and the forms must not be left blank, regardless of whether the information is important.

The interview must not end early, regardless of whether the candidate is a good fit.

The company is certainly making money, but its methods are problematic. It does not even send invitations through 104 to save a few cents, so I suppose the company can only be about this size!

Every other week, the company arranges for an aerobics instructor and visually impaired massage therapists to come to the company, so you can loosen up your muscles and bones.

R&D has a very high standing in the company; other departments all have to listen to them.

1. The company is a traditional industry company disguised as a networking equipment business. The boss makes all decisions, big and small, and even people with titles such as xx director and x manager have to wait for the boss to make decisions.

2. The boss cannot take other people’s advice. If a decision brings in profits, he considers it his own achievement; conversely, if a decision results in losses, it is always someone else’s fault.

3. Because everyone is afraid of being scolded by the boss, every department looks for a scapegoat and pushes any mistakes onto other units. Since the R&D Engineering Department (ENM) has no backing, everyone pushes matters onto this unit.

4. Because the ENM manager wants to change the boss’s impression of this unit, he finds many things for the people below him to do. However, the more they do, the more the boss nitpicks, so they have to do even more to please him, only to be criticized even more. This creates an endless vicious cycle. Moreover, they cannot recruit enough people, so everyone has many miscellaneous tasks and cannot concentrate on doing any one thing well.

5. During trade shows, certain units may be prohibited from taking leave. During Computex and ISO audits, the entire company is prohibited from taking leave. I don’t know whether this violates the Labor Standards Act.

6. The boss always goes to overseas trade shows. At lunchtime, you are not allowed to eat and can only eat breakfast and dinner. You have to stand throughout the entire event while the old man sits by himself. The boss also keeps an eye on how many customer contacts are on your list; if you have too few, you will be scolded.

7. The company places great importance on attendance. If you take too much leave, you will be watched; if you are often late, you will also be watched. If you go smoke after lunch break ends (13:00), the boss will wonder why you did not smoke during your lunch break and whether you smoked from 12:50 to 13:00, thereby using work time!? In short, the company is very particular about employees doing “other things” during working hours, but does not take employees’ overtime seriously. Everyone is required to clock out by 18:30; whether you stay afterward is your own business.

8. Some units have problematic management styles. The staff under them are constantly changing, but upper management does not take it seriously—there will always be someone else to find anyway. All we can do when newcomers arrive is look at them and wonder: how long will this person be able to stay.....

The company makes money, but its management methods are problematic, so its scale can probably only remain as it is. If it wants to challenge MOXA....replace the R&D team and change the boss’s management mindset first, then we’ll talk!

The colleagues are all nice.

1. A very traditional company. The general manager and vice general manager are married, and everything has to go through them—everything, even the most trivial matters. For example, for every salesperson traveling abroad to attend an exhibition, even the number of business cards to be shipped by sea must be counted one by one and then submitted to the general manager for approval.

2. There is no overtime pay, and there is neither overtime pay nor compensatory leave for providing support at exhibitions on weekends.

3. The Marcom manager is very emotional and not good at managing people. They have no consistent principles in their work: they may tell you A now, but later decide they want B. Department turnover is extremely high.

Although the colleagues at the company are all quite nice, I feel that the overall environment and system are rather poor.