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Fortunately, I didn't get ghosted after last year's interview. I'm now working as an R&D engineer in the same industry, earning 55k. How long would it take to get a raise to 55k at this company?

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To report back, I interviewed for a mechanical engineer position at a company offering 36K. The supervisor hesitated, perhaps thinking it was too high. Luckily, the supervisor didn’t think I was a good fit and I wasn’t hired. I interviewed at other companies in similar electronics-related roles; the minimum during the probationary period was 43K, with a guaranteed year-end bonus equivalent to two months’ salary. In the end, I went to a company offering 14 days of annual leave, 50K, a two-month year-end bonus, and bonuses equivalent to one month’s salary on each of the three traditional festivals.

There are very few engineer positions at technology companies in the electronics industry that pay 36K nowadays, and an annual salary below 14 months’ pay is low. You might consider removing the word “technology” and switching to a traditional industry; the benefits and overall standards would be more suitable.

Almost no one in the company works overtime.

To perform this role, you need a professional background in microscopy to independently complete the design tasks assigned by the supervisor.

This is actually a very high-pressure environment. When I first joined, my supervisor did explain the work items within my responsibilities, the problems that needed to be solved, and demonstrations of how to operate the company's products.

During my first two months, I became familiar with the internal principles of the microscope products I operated, borrowed a light source from a supplier for testing, explored ways to eliminate reflections from the objects under test, conducted related experiments, completed the initial design of the microscope light source, selected a 70x optical lens, prepared two presentations for internal seminars, and provided training to relevant personnel.

Although I produced all of this within two months, I did not pass my probationary period because my supervisor considered my contributions insufficient.

However, I also have something to say. When I joined the company, although I knew what work tasks I was responsible for, unfortunately, I was not told what deliverables were expected in order to pass the probationary period.

At the beginning, my supervisor did not clearly explain the requirements for the light source design or what level of brightness would be sufficient, and the target requirements were frequently changed during the process.

During my work, he frequently interrupted me without scheduling discussion times in advance or sending emails. Half of the matters he discussed with me were unrelated to my current work. This delayed my deliverables and consequently compressed the time available to prepare the seminar presentations; the schedule for the later work was delayed by at least a week.

On one occasion, he spoke so loudly with a colleague next to me that it disturbed my work. They would not go into a meeting room even when discussing matters, so I eventually could not take it anymore and went to a meeting room to concentrate on completing my work. Instead of checking on me, my supervisor directly opened the door and interrupted my work to ask about my progress and when I would deliver the results.

I still reported my work progress approximately once every day or two on average, but he continued to say that I had not reported in a timely manner.

During work, I conducted experiments to understand the imaging of the microscope lens, but he interpreted this as me being unfamiliar with the product's usage requirements.

When screening my résumé, he clearly knew that I had no work experience in the microscopy industry,

yet he had unreasonable and unrealistic expectations of me. He told me more than once that the previous optical-mechanical engineer had a lower salary than I did, yet completed so much work and was more timely than I was. The difference between us was that I had only been exposed to the microscopy industry for two months, while the previous optical-mechanical engineer had worked at this company for six years—but he compared me with him.

I was dismissed the day after completing reports for two seminar meetings and providing training to internal personnel. My presentations were not even bad. I was completely treated as disposable labor.

Since joining the company, I was never disrespectful to my supervisor, nor did I offend him in the way I spoke. Being treated this way was truly emotionally exhausting.

If you do not have experience developing microscope products, you really should not apply for the optical-mechanical position at this company; otherwise, the work will be extremely painful.

Those with development experience have better options and do not necessarily need to work here. You need to have a great deal of patience to endure dealing with the supervisor. He is not an expert in optics, and when he suggests that you do something in a way that cannot achieve your objective, you need to have the time and energy to convince him.

The interviewer was very nice, and communication was pleasant.

This was the lowest salary I’ve encountered in an interview. If this were the era of NT$22K more than a decade ago, a salary of NT$36K–38K would be acceptable. But with prices rising and the minimum wage now approaching NT$29K, a one-month year-end bonus is very rare. In interviews with companies in the same industry, the minimum is usually two to three months.

You can learn things unrelated to the organization, and you don't need to travel for work.

1. The product isn't available on the market and has no specifications, so you have to think it through and make it yourself, then review it.

2. If you're responsible for the entire project, a lot of people will ask you to REPORT.

3. The PM also has to work on developing the specifications and chair meetings and discussions. There may be opportunities for changes to the specifications up until before the mold is opened.

4. It's best if you can also handle the ID work.

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◆ Friendly office environment (fake)

Regular birthday celebrations (they deduct your welfare fund for three months for one meal), department gatherings (none)

Coffee provided (none), snacks (offerings from worship rituals), newspapers and magazines (for the boss and supervisors to read)

◆ Bonuses/Gifts

Bonuses for the three major holidays (NT$200 for the start of work after the New Year holiday / NT$2,000 for the Mid-Autumn Festival / NT$2,000 for the Dragon Boat Festival)

Year-end bonus (fixed at one month’s salary)

Performance bonus (depends on the boss’s mood)

◆ Insurance

Labor and health insurance (underreported salary, approximately 60% of actual salary)

Group insurance, life insurance, occupational accident insurance

◆ Policies

Working hours: 8:30–17:30 (you have to take leave if you’re late)

Two days off per week

Regular performance evaluation system and promotion opportunities (everything above is already blocked; you think you’ll get promoted just by talking?!!)

Employee training (come on, are you kidding me?)

◆ Leave/Vacation Policies

Special leave/annual leave (in accordance with the Labor Standards Act)

New employee leave (a trick—the HR department will ask you not to take it if you can avoid it)

◆ Subsidies

Marriage, childbirth, funeral, and hospitalization subsidies.

◆ Benefits

Employee welfare committee activities

Domestic and overseas employee trips (this depends on how much the boss subsidizes; employees pay the rest)

Free parking (the only thing that’s actually true)