The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
The Famicom era: Tank Battle, Battle City, Snake, Tower Defense
Do you still remember going to a nearby store with your family when you were little?
My brother Mark and I tried it first thing: 999 in 1.
There was still no good gameplay—just authoritarian psychology, playing riddles full of mechanisms, like controlling the yellow tank that could protect the eagle emblem.
There were no item tanks to pick up for an extra life. Level 15 was a worm; level 15 was wildlife. It didn’t matter—there were 50 enemies in total. Predicting the future was like a motorcycle that wouldn’t start. After waiting for the hacker, it was fine to play alone.
Understand some concepts in game design: a world record! What were this game’s predecessors and sequels?
There were no paid grenades or powerful tank weapons; you couldn’t find them in the grass, and in the end even the lifeguard couldn’t react in time.
Marketing expertise requires strategic thinking and teamwork. Come pay for new business partnerships and events—choose one of three options: register, enter an invitation code, or log in after topping up. Don’t wait for prices to rise.
Basically, the work is pretty relaxed. When people work overtime, it’s generally for the money. Some departments do force employees to work overtime just to show upper management, so if you join, you should first check what people say about your department. Personally, I’m too lazy to claim overtime pay, but if you work overtime up to the limit stipulated by the Labor Standards Act, your monthly salary will increase by a quarter. If you don’t mind working overtime, it may be worth considering.
Also, starting in 2020, whether because of the pandemic or some other reason, the company began making a lot more money. The mid-year bonus and year-end bonus became quite substantial. The monthly salary isn’t high, so if you’re considering joining, you need to look at the company’s current business performance; otherwise, it’ll be tough if you can only rely on the monthly salary.
There’s fitness equipment, treadmills, and things like that available for free. They’re a bit run-down, but better than nothing. There’s also a basketball court, a coffee bar, and a few other things that I personally think are pretty nice.
The department I used to work in had a pretty good atmosphere. There wasn’t any palace intrigue or other nonsense. It’s probably about the only place left that doesn’t force people to work overtime? From what I heard from others while exercising, the other departments seem to be quite unpleasant...
There may be forced overtime, asshole managers, uncooperative old office hands, and almost everyone practically revolving around a certain person. I’m pretty low-ranking, so it doesn’t affect me, but it’s still somewhat annoying...
I’d like to ask those senior colleagues who have experience: What is the atmosphere like in the Overseas Business Department?
Is the work heavily focused on expanding customers and driving sales performance?
Many thanks.
If you have experience, please help share it. Thank you.
Software R&D in a certain department
If you want to learn technical skills and make good games, you may want to consider it. Of course, the prerequisite is that you are passionate about games.
The bonuses are generous, but spread across the monthly salary, the total is only moderately high—still far below the base salaries in other parts of the software industry.
Overtime can be claimed for overtime pay, which only brings the low base salary up to something barely acceptable.
The company occasionally gives out various strange little items for holidays (even holidays like Halloween and Christmas).
Every year there is a short summer vacation. The company grants only two days off; the other three days come from overtime accumulated during regular work.
Some managers spend all day putting on a show for upper management. If the market response is ultimately lukewarm, they will only take it out on those below them.
They constantly talk about how heroic they were when they developed things back in the day, but in practice, their only contribution to projects is holding meetings—they cannot actually get anything done.
Being constantly watched at work feels terrible. They always use a bunch of inexplicable reasons to make things unpleasant for others.
The unofficial monthly overtime of 20 hours can easily be exceeded; working here means averaging 40+ hours of overtime per month.
If, apart from work, you have no friends, no interests, and do not need to spend time with your family,
this company is perfect for you.
Very few questions were asked during the interview, mainly about the processes involved in my previous experience in the gambling industry. The rest of the time was spent with them introducing the company and the specific work in the team. The process was quite pleasant, and we ended up just chatting.
They expect 20 hours of overtime each month. According to a friend who worked there, this gradually increases to 30 hours per month. The base salary is low, but there are many benefits, provided that the company is making good profits. The level of pressure varies greatly between departments, so it is best to sound them out and ask clearly during the interview.
When business performance is good
They are willing to give year-end bonuses
Things aren’t as good now
Abuse of authority
Workplace bullying
Disregard for professional expertise
Self-righteousness
Contemptuous attitude
Putting overtime above all else
Power struggles
Office politics
The higher the position, the more incompetent they usually are
Deliberately spreading rumors to make subordinates fight among themselves
Plagiarizing subordinates’ ideas to make themselves look good
Blaming subordinates whenever something goes wrong
Even deliberately telling people to flood several posts below with meaningless text to cover things up
These are the everyday realities in there
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When I was still a rookie, no matter how many applications I sent, you wouldn’t even acknowledge me.
Especially during the boom of the first two years, it was still like that.
Once you become a senior professional, even if you don’t apply, they’ll come looking for you themselves—and they’ll even send job alerts from 104 to your inbox nonstop.
I took a look at the job description: 30–60K. Take your time finding someone.
Taiwanese companies really think they’re developing some high-end, cutting-edge products, and that they can attract talent with high salaries.
Sorry, but back then you looked down on my abilities; now, even my base salary while doing nothing is much higher than this.
Now I’m simply out of your league. Bye-bye.
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Back when I was still a newbie, no matter how many applications I sent, they wouldn’t even acknowledge me.
Especially during the boom of the first two years, it was still like that.
Once you become senior, though, they’ll come looking for you on their own—even desperately flooding your inbox with 104 messages.
I took a look at the job description: 30–60K. Take your time looking, I guess.
Taiwanese companies really think they’re making some high-end, cutting-edge products, and that they can attract talent with high salaries.
Sorry, but you looked down on me when my abilities were at that level. Now, even my base salary while sitting around is much higher than this.
Now I’m simply out of your league. Bye-bye.
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A very severe overtime culture at the company. I don't know whether “severe” is an appropriate word to describe it.
In order to put on a show for upper management, supervisors resort to every possible means and find all kinds of reasons to make their subordinates work overtime. To glamorize overtime, they often say things that defy logic. They claim they will not force people to work overtime, but when your overtime hours are insufficient, you will be called in for a talk and told to find something to do yourself. In reality, they think you have not put in enough effort. Do they really think the people below them cannot see through this? There are truly quite a few people who are one thing on the outside and another on the inside.
The supervisors also have serious problems with how they use people. Everyone who stays there has already come to regard overtime as a matter of course, so they waste other people's time after work and keep them there until overtime hours without feeling the slightest bit embarrassed. They even expect you to respond to phone calls and messages on national holidays. If you do not reply immediately, just wait for questioning on the next workday.
Fighting that is full of class
Professional pillow fighting—you can hold professional competitions for pillow fights. Boxers join MMA fighters, and cries of agony ring out across the PFC: say the harshest words, take the most brutal beatings.
Washing the bathroom earns 1 point, water that’s too hot earns 2 points, spinning attacks earn 3 points, weapons earn 4 points, losing your wig earns 5 points, making good use of nature + weapons earns 6 points. There’s a button to surrender; you get a small wallet + a bento, just like how easy it is to collect points at a convenience store.
The European champion can earn 10 model points. In the countryside, it’s made into tape; viruses are everywhere. During the break, go get surgery. Insurance + debt collection = the Grim Reaper. It’s terrifying.
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The company has been very profitable in recent years; the news says that more than 70% of employees earn an annual salary of over one million.
The bonuses feel very substantial when they are paid out (last year, the two bonus payments alone totaled more than one million).
Overtime pay can be claimed whenever you work overtime, and the company sponsors classes and continuing education every year.
The air conditioning is very cold, the restrooms are clean, and the 7-Eleven vending machine and coffee are cheaper than outside.
The employee welfare committee gives gifts very frequently on every holiday, although they are usually not very practical.
You only start receiving bonus payments in your second year, so the first year is very tough.
Since everyone works overtime, there can be some psychological pressure to stay.
Some senior employees seem to have a lot of free time and wander around causing trouble for others.
The employee cafeteria is very cheap at NT$35, but occasionally you may find things that should not be there.
It is some distance from the MRT station.
The company has its own headquarters building
Basketball court
Gym
KTV
Pleasant environment
A short summer break
Benefits are fairly good
Low starting salary
Some departments are relatively closed-off
The company has quite a few operational procedures
Written test + aptitude test + interview
The job description is unclear
Combining many requirements into one job posting makes it difficult for applicants to know what skills the position requires
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1. They didn’t provide a parking space for interviewees, and even blamed the interviewee for being late because of looking for a parking spot... HR follows rigid bureaucratic standards.
2. The cafeteria food is just ordinary.
3. There is a serious overtime culture, relying on overtime to increase one’s salary.
4. A large company that doesn’t really respect interviewees. Not joining was a good thing.
5. From a software professional’s perspective, if the company’s direction shifts toward the New Southbound Policy, profits are guaranteed to be lower than expected, and the salary won’t be anything special either.
6. Also, its main direction is gambling-related businesses. Think carefully before joining.
There are more negative emotions than positive ones.
The work content below varies depending on gender. For a 2D artist, the specific responsibilities are setting and animation production, but most of the time we are frequently pulled away to work on plugins. This company also really likes to engage in industry-academia collaboration, so we constantly have to deal with a pile of miscellaneous tasks related to such collaborations.
Because there are so many meetings, the planners cannot provide complete specifications. Even more absurdly, they give us what we commonly call “imaginary specifications.”
Here, almost anything visual that moves is considered the artists’ responsibility. During the project art-setting process, you have to overcome obstacle after obstacle. The following is the process by which a project is reviewed at various levels:
·Planners > Project lead > Department head > Opinions from even higher-level executives (none of the above have an art background, and the extent of their revisions is practically interference on the level of nitpicking)
Even after all the matters under the project art team’s responsibility have been completed, if a senior executive feels that something should be changed, we have to accommodate their wishes and revise it accordingly. From an artist’s perspective, working here is very much like working under a factory system, and senior executives constantly patrol the office.
Artists also have to handle file naming and management for the programmers. Often, it feels like a situation where an outsider is directing an expert.
HR and managers are not entirely as described above.
HR responds efficiently and has a good attitude.
During the interview, the manager mentioned that overtime is required and that candidates need to have a certain enthusiasm for gambling games. It was not disrespectful.
A lot of overtime
Routine work
Difficult to transfer departments
1. As time passes, you get closer and closer to finishing the interview
1. The HR person is a fucking standard liberal-arts graduate who just randomly clicks through résumés without actually reading them, wasting my time
2. If an organization like this can employ HR people like that, do you think you can have any good prospects here as a software professional?
3. If, after reading 1 and 2, you’re still fucking desperate enough to put up with this garbage, then go ahead :)
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Just arranging the interview was already very inefficient.
They originally said they wanted to give it a try, but replied after half a month, saying they were unable to get in touch with the person.
They had my résumé and contact information, yet told me they couldn't reach me @@
Then, after I replied with the times I was available for an interview, they completely went silent again = =. Really, don't waste your time with this company.
Well-known; having a major company on your résumé
Basically, it is a company that survives by exploiting its employees.
You are treated with very little respect during the interview.
They look at your résumé and ask about your previous company and reasons for leaving.
HR asks the same thing once, the technical supervisor asks again, and then the department manager asks yet again.
Even when an interview time has been scheduled and you arrive punctually, they still make you wait because the supervisor is in a meeting.
They use a few days of summer leave to offset the employee travel benefit, but this is basically just an illusion.
Three-fifths of the leave is deducted from overtime hours accumulated on weekdays, which is effectively unpaid overtime.
They claim to pay overtime according to the Labor Standards Act, but although overtime pay is supposed to be calculated at different rates, leave hours are offset on a one-to-one basis.
As a result, by the end of the month, you always feel that your overtime hours (and overtime pay) are less than expected.
In short, this is a company that is scheming and calculating in many ways.
Job duties (although they depend on the department)
Basically, people who are unfamiliar with the work lead those who are knowledgeable. Those above refuse to let those below handle things, simply because they want to do it their way.
Employees spend a great deal of time placating supervisors instead of doing their actual work well.
The supervisor is satisfied, but the resulting work generally cannot be used directly.
Then you continue spending time doing the work that actually needs to be done, but most of your time has already been wasted. A waste of your life.
During the interview, they will basically ask about your tolerance for overtime.
But they will not state it directly: the company actually has a mandatory overtime requirement.
They explicitly set the desired number of overtime hours, and if you do not meet it, you will be questioned.
Although there are also employees who pretend not to notice, this is definitely not a healthy work cycle.
Work schedules are basically arranged on the assumption that overtime will be required.
Whether you complete the overtime at work or at home, you are basically left to figure it out yourself.
As for the number of overtime hours required... all I can say is that getting up, going to work, getting off work, showering, and sleeping will be your life every day.
As for salary, the fact is that it is basically on the low side.
New graduates might consider it as a way to get a well-known company on their résumé.
Unless you are joining directly at a senior level, career changers should not consider it.
For technical employees with several years of experience, they will push your salary down to nearly a new graduate's level when you join.
The salary discussed even includes the perfect-attendance “bonus”; for the rest, they will require you to work overtime to return to the salary level of your previous job.
After deducting labor and health insurance, the summer-leave hours, and employee welfare committee fees,
you will definitely find that the salary is less than expected unless you devote your body, mind, and soul to the company.
Simply put:
Think carefully before joining.
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The previous information on Tianyantong was lost, so I am rewriting it here to help everyone understand.
1. Low salary.
2. The salary includes overtime pay.
3. Long working hours, with a fixed amount of 30+ additional hours every month.
4. There is no need to consider changing jobs; even including overtime, the salary does not exceed 40,000.
5. When inviting people to interview for senior positions, they do not actually look at the applicant’s résumé. They may even tell you that our company does not intend to do that, and during the conversation, they steer the topic toward areas outside your expertise and then ask you to do them. (A multi-purpose laborer.)
6. During conversations, they interrupt the interview by making a “tsk” sound.
7. The company has exercise equipment, but don’t delude yourself into thinking you will have the time or energy to use it.
8. Résumés are judged solely based on experience in Taiwan’s game-industry hell.
Simply put, the attitude is poor. The position stated in the invitation email is “for reference only”; the working hours are long and the salary is low.
There is an additional short summer vacation every year.
There are three types of bonuses: a year-end bonus and birthday gift money.
Regarding the department I work in personally, I think the division of work is reasonable, and the workplace atmosphere is good.
The space is good, with sufficient personal seating space. The restrooms are cleaned by dedicated staff and are quite clean. There is also a gym and sports field.
There is a set lunch break, and separating the office area from the dining area prevents people from disturbing one another.
I personally think the senior management is capable of leading the company.
I heard that the starting salary is relatively low.
Employees have to work overtime for at least a certain number of hours each month, depending on the department. Overtime is paid in accordance with the Labor Standards Act.
There are no good coffee shops near the company.
Has a short summer vacation
Regular overtime (the company has a very serious overtime culture)
Low starting base salary (you have to rely on overtime to increase your pay)