友達光電股份有限公司

The restaurant and exterior of the Zhongke plant are pretty good.

The attitude of a supervisor in the maintenance department on a night shift at Phase 1 of the Zhongke plant is somewhat problematic. Whenever a new employee has just finished a night shift, he stares at them incessantly, as if he thinks he is the boss. Everything has to be done according to his procedures; if you do not follow what he says, he keeps staring at you. Even when you have done nothing wrong, he stares at you whenever he sees you at work. Before working the night shift can even harm your physical health, you are mentally hurt by him to the point of needing to see a psychologist. I really wonder how someone like this became a supervisor. I advise new employees considering joining the company not to work the night shift in the maintenance department—the supervisor is seriously messed up. No wonder the turnover rate among new night-shift employees is so high. What a useless, pathetic supervisor. Sigh~~~~

The colleagues are all nice, and the work is relatively relaxed.

Compared with other companies, it really feels like there is actual research being done.

After I left, I heard from colleagues that the starting salaries for new hires have been getting higher and higher.

They’re almost catching up to what my salary was before I left…

There are a bunch of irresponsible, incompetent managers.

When they lack ability and a sense of accomplishment, they randomly take out their frustrations on engineers under them.

They give wrong instructions, causing engineers to be questioned in meetings,

and then shirk responsibility by saying that the people below misunderstood and did things wrong.

Capable deputy managers are resigning one after another,

while those who lack ability and backbone and specialize in betraying their own departments keep getting promoted.

At the AUO interview, the supervisor said there is a 0.5-month bonus for the Dragon Boat Festival, a 0.5-month bonus for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and a one-month year-end bonus. The rest depends on work performance, which determines the amount of the bonus. There are also welfare committee points that can be exchanged for tickets and the like from partner vendors.

At the AUO interview, the supervisor said there is an evaluation every three months, and if you fail the evaluation, you may be reassigned to an operator position.

Better than some, worse than others.

-When you encounter bad people, the company won't deal with it; management will just continue to let things rot (it's like this at every plant). If you're lucky enough to have a good supervisor, you might be able to stay.

-Engineers are no longer paid overtime for meetings and working late, and are required to be on call.

-Job openings are posted, but in reality no one is hired. Staffing has been cut for several years; if you can get in, the position is basically a terrible one.

-Didn't get hired after the interview? That's normal. The company has been doing this for many years, creating a false impression. The department you join is always understaffed, and although job openings are posted, only one person is hired every 2–3 years. Now, staffing is basically handled by transferring people from plants that are close to shutting down, with priority given to filling positions at other plants. Apply at your own risk.

Taiwanese companies, what other advantages would you like to see?

1. Don’t bother applying if you have a degree from an overseas university—the salary they offer can go toe-to-toe with fast-food restaurants.

2. The new business group they recently set up seems to be just for laughs; they have no intention of doing it properly. Managers even pressure you to lie and falsify data on projects, then lie to clients.

3. You’re expected to arrive at work on time, but if you work overtime, that’s your problem; overtime pay? Don’t even think about it.

4. They talk all day about how many projects there are, but where’s the bonus??????

5. Some managers treat department employees like punching bags, berating and putting them down however they please.

Smart manufacturing has its own kind of intelligence.

They say one thing and do another: they trick you into joining, then tell you that we aren't actually that smart right now. Don't go to any of the factory-side positions; everything is being tied to smart manufacturing these days, and especially when the managers aren't very capable, it can be truly miserable. Unless you want to volunteer for shifts yourself and learn about things like working on holidays to earn overtime pay.

Stable salary payments

The company’s prospects resemble those of an automated traditional industry: it streamlines the workforce but not management, resulting in a puzzling personnel structure. Officials who should not remain but have nowhere else to go lead to an excessive number of special assistants. Strange and illogical audits seriously affect the morale of frontline employees.

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Pregnant employees who do not work overtime still have to write an interview form.

M11 Mr. Huang, are you trying to make your lover famous again?

Colleagues get along well (excluding supervisors)

The supervisors all have very poor emotional intelligence and lash out at people at the slightest provocation.

They cannot listen to any suggestions and are stubborn and self-righteous.

The following applies to Taichung Phase 2:

1. High base salary (guaranteed 14 months’ pay); better than some, but not the best

2. A diverse range of choices, including 7-ELEVEN, Chà Tàng Huì, Starbucks, and restaurants; there are also occasional special sales

3. Employee lounge

4. High level of autonomy and active participation in activities

1. The industry has limited prospects

2. It depends heavily on the department; the front-end departments are relatively more competitive

3. Quarterly bonuses or profit sharing are not very stable; sometimes they simply are not paid at all (the quarterly bonus portion)

4. Endless meetings

5. High new-hire attrition rate. Taking my department as an example, new hires almost never stay for more than three months, regardless of whether they have prior work experience. The workload remains the same, but the number of employees keeps decreasing

Reflections after five years of work:

It is a company with an average salary level in Taichung, but I do not think it is much like a technology company; it is more like a traditional manufacturing company with automation.

If you are not afraid of hard work, you can give it a try.

Compared with other small companies, if you want stable bonuses for the three major holidays and a stable life, AUO is a company where you can just get by day by day (though it seems there have also been layoffs recently).

An inefficient work system, as well as highly inefficient meetings every day. Everyone there is looking for stability, so there is not much innovation and the work is quite boring. If you're unlucky, you may also encounter a manager who spends all day scolding people. Sometimes there are also strange, inefficient rules (for example, everyone has to stay in the cleanroom for a fixed number of hours, and so on...).

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The interviewer looked very arrogant... This company is looking for people who are willing to be treated like slaves!!!

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The interviews for the first two rounds were okay, but the final round left an impression I will never forget. If you are going to interview for a position in the Quality Assurance department, I advise everyone to find out first whether the interviewer in the final round is a woman. If she is, I strongly advise against going. Even if you are hired, you should still think very carefully about it!

The senior executive conducting the interview was extremely arrogant and spoke condescendingly. From beginning to end, she wore an impatient and disdainful expression and had no patience to listen to what you had to say. Most importantly, if your academic background is not impressive, you had better not go either, because she will first humiliate you verbally! This was an extremely unpleasant interview experience⋯⋯

Is anyone at 8A Cell!!! I don’t know if the environment is good!!

I heard the manager is very strict.

The AUO restaurant in Taichung is very delicious, and there are lots of pretty girls!!

The degree of freedom is fairly high (the same as in the general tech industry).

I personally think R&D is OK, but if the engineering department is connected with production-line manufacturing, I recommend not joining.

At my previous position, I had to be on call 24 hours a day. There were times I got home after midnight and received calls at 2 a.m. or 6 a.m. from the production line and equipment teams notifying me of abnormal yields.

If the issue couldn’t be handled, I had to rush straight to the company to confirm the problem.

Meetings were held once each in the morning, afternoon, and evening, and every hour I had to call my supervisor to report what I had done, the yield rate, and whether there were any abnormalities.

If I didn’t call, my supervisor would chew me out. There were so many meetings, but they were basically just meetings where frontline employees got scolded, with little constructive value—a huge waste of time.

Meetings took up 2–3 hours a day, leaving little time to deal with a large number of abnormalities and manufacturing issues.

I recommend not applying for positions such as Process and Equipment Integration Engineer. Avoid working yourself to exhaustion without learning anything substantial. The work atmosphere is also very poor and high-pressure.

The storefront is very beautiful, and the interior landscaping and people are as well

The interviewer’s attitude was as if this were some big-shot company, making it clear that there are plenty of people waiting in line and that dissatisfied candidates should not apply.

Young people are expected to travel for work year-round to broaden their horizons, while we old-timers are expected to put down roots here.

The enormous information gap between management and frontline staff is still the same as before. It is an abusive relationship, and you are kept in the dark; you may not know what is going on from the time you interview until the time you resign.

The managers no longer know—or do not need to know—what kind of talent they are looking for. They cannot even explain specifically what they want, and during the interview they may already shift the blame for their own mistakes onto the interviewee.

When arranging the interview, they already knew that the candidate had to interview with another company on a certain day, yet deliberately insisted on scheduling their interview beforehand that same day. Their approach was forceful, so be psychologically prepared.

1. The company's 7-Eleven is cheaper than those outside.

2. The company has a Starbucks, and you don't need to queue outside for buy-one-get-one-free promotions.

1. The company has no way to remove incompetent managers.

2. When reviewing staffing levels, it is almost always the frontline employees who are scrutinized.

A fairly high degree of freedom, and the company's hardware and equipment are good.

The high turnover in a certain business department has led to insufficient knowledge transfer. The boss has no intention of addressing personnel issues and occasionally even questions why you don't understand the background from the past. They are somewhat emotional, so you have to put up with your supervisor's sarcastic remarks.

In short, there are a lot of people-related issues, with one hurdle after another. There is little handover, and basically, once you are assigned something, you are expected to learn it yourself. To protect themselves, many people take a passive approach; they speak ambiguously and avoid giving clear instructions, waiting until the problem becomes enormous before everyone comes together to deal with it.

Although it also depends on the atmosphere in each department...

I can't think of any advantages.

In the end, I received a verbal offer, and they said the email would take a week to arrive. After a week had passed, I called to ask, and they said there was some issue with the process and it would take longer, telling me to keep an eye on my email to see whether I received it......... Ridiculous—the start date is only one week away...

The company occupies a large area, and the HR staff are quite friendly.

I received a verbal offer a month ago. After that, I continued to interview more than five times through phone calls and scheduled meetings. At the end of each conversation, they clearly expressed, “You have already received a verbal offer,” “You can start preparing to move,” and “We look forward to having you start work on X/X.”

After the final phone conversation, they told me that the company would send the written offer before the end of the workday. However, in the afternoon, they called to tell me that my offer had been canceled due to an operational error?!?!

I completely felt that I had been treated like a fool and played for the past month. The time and money I spent, along with the cost of giving up offers from other companies, are difficult to estimate. This incident clearly reveals the deficiencies and inefficiency of the company’s administrative processes. I urge all job seekers to learn from my painful experience.

Houli plant: seniority overrides management; having no system is the biggest system.

If you have connections, nothing is a problem; if you don't have connections, then you have a problem..

Zhongke Phase 1

For the cell test, the colleagues I encountered were all pretty nice. The only thing that really gave me a headache was that even when the equipment broke down, it still had to be counted toward production capacity.

So every time there was a breakdown, we had to panic like ants on a hot pan. There were only two PMs for the entire site—who was going to listen to you?!

After work, the team leader would interrogate us like criminals, asking why production targets hadn’t been met, why we didn’t look for the PMs, and so on... It was so annoying!!!

As for the compensation, it was average!!!!! A little better than that of a typical small company.

The company is good; it’s just been ruined by some lousy managers.