大地光纖股份有限公司

<Firmware Engineer in the Lighting Division>

The scope of the test is quite basic, since the products include professional photography lights and passive fiber-optic components.

As for the customers, the photography lights (Fiilex) are used by Hollywood; the aquarium lights (Kessil) are regarded as the holy grail of the aquarium world; and for the fiber optics, the list includes roughly the kind of company that graduates from Taiwan’s top three electrical engineering departments want to join but may not necessarily be able to.

The test mainly covers basic C language, basic MCU peripherals, simple shell scripts, basic network concepts, and simple finite automata, with two or three questions for each. They are all very easy—you only need to know a little about each, and you do not need to know everything, but try to answer as much as possible. In any case, things are currently in good shape (the work is not especially demanding), and someone will guide you after you join. Someone will definitely cover projects that are too rushed or too difficult.

> For experienced candidates

For those who want a decent salary in Kaohsiung, a normal working environment, regular working hours, and the chance to work on professional, niche products that no other company in Taiwan is making,

> For fresh graduates

Those with the motivation and skills to learn, the ability to self-discipline, who prepare at least the above written-test topics before the interview, and who can demonstrate sincerity,

Please email Mr. Huang via the link below~

https://www.104.com.tw/company/a5itw4w

Job Responsibilities

1. Develop software and firmware for professional LED lighting fixtures (photography lights, aquarium lights, etc.) and passive fiber-optic components.

2. Introduce products into mass production and resolve related issues.

Other Requirements

1. Familiar with C/C++/Python

2. Experience with MCU programming is preferred.

Those interested in HW are also welcome to apply (of course, you need to know electronic circuits).

https://www.104.com.tw/job/7ilbe?jobsource=company_job

1. It’s just that the annual salary isn’t three million, I guess~ Although I wouldn’t spend that much, I think there’s a chance of reaching it.

2. The bosses are too kindhearted—they would not even have the legal department send a certified letter when asked. At an ordinary company, if someone wrote random things like this website does, certified letters would definitely be flying around.

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You can leave work on time every day and go home for dinner.

No one monitors your time off, so there’s a lot of freedom.

Excellent R&D environment—a great place to hone your skills.

Good pay.

There isn’t much variety for lunch, and those who arrive late may have to eat some leftovers.

Seven days of leave in the first year; the pay is okay.

The HR staff are very impatient and arrogant, and their production practices are rather traditional.

Seven days of leave in the first year; the pay is okay.

The HR staff are very impatient and arrogant, and their production mindset is relatively traditional.

1. Freedom at work

2. Flexible working hours

3. Better relationships among colleagues

1. Permanently stagnant salaries; although there are annual raises of a few hundred, they cannot keep up with inflation

2. Low level of professionalism makes it impossible to keep up with global trends; can only live or die together with the company

3. You have to cling to senior managers and the boss; individual ability is not valued here—only the boss’s personal preference matters

4. Meetings are meaningless, serving solely as a show for the boss to praise himself. There is no discussion of data, no scientific or technological debate, only the boss’s personal fantasies

5. Product design is outdated and overly reliant on manual labor; the future is unclear

6. To the company, employees are merely replaceable parts. Staff turnover is high, and the company has no intention of retaining outstanding people, resulting in a failure to pass on experience and knowledge

7. The Taiwan-based company is responsible for everything but is squeezed dry by its U.S. parent company, which takes all the profits, leaving it without its fair share of the economic rewards

8. Promotions are difficult, the future is unclear, and prospects are poor

Builds resilience and tolerance

The R&D department requires learning many things. For example, you also need to know how to perform production-line operator tasks, such as connecting optical fibers and testing optical-fiber components.

Also, remember to brush up on the software development process if you are unfamiliar with it. During interviews, supervisors will assume that you know how to write development documents.

New hires immediately get 7 days of annual leave (which is pretty good; many companies don’t mention this).

Taking leave is easy—I’ve even seen colleagues take a leave of absence to travel abroad (I think it was about three months).

The salary is relatively high for Kaohsiung (though the difference isn’t substantial).

There is a high degree of freedom at work (as long as you don’t draw attention, basically no one supervises you).

There is good cooperation among the engineers (there are opportunities to learn knowledge related to other departments).

Limited future prospects (salary growth is not substantial; you need to keep a cardboard box ready in case you are suddenly laid off and packed off).

If you don’t need the money, have adequate ability, and want to return to Kaohsiung for long-term development, this is definitely a top choice.

But don’t expect to be able to accomplish anything significant—the outcome will be……

If you’re a newcomer who wants to learn technical skills, don’t try it lightly. Not only will no one train you, you’ll also have to multitask and teach yourself.

After a few years, you may find that you haven’t made any money, and the knowledge you’ve gained is difficult to apply in the mainstream market.

Besides, you only look for and learn things based on whatever the boss wants to play with, which is too far removed from the industry.

In the end, you can only remain trapped here, waiting for upper management to make cuts so you can collect a severance package.

It’s actually quite a waste of your life.

There is no room for development in thermal flow here. Please think carefully.

There is no room for development in thermal flow here. Please think carefully.

There is no overtime pay for working overtime.... This violates the Labor Standards Act.... (HR says: a responsibility-based system.) In reality: no report was made to the Labor Bureau; the responsibility-based system is something they made up themselves. Under a responsibility-based system, employees still clock in and out—what the hell.

There is a water dispenser available for drinking water, and the restrooms have toilet paper to use, so you do not need to bring your own.

1. The salary is relatively high in Kaohsiung; the starting salary for graduates with a master's degree from National Cheng Kung University is NT$43,000.

2. Flexible working hours, with the government’s “one fixed day off and one flexible rest day” policy; no seven-day workweeks.

3. No overtime pay; compensatory leave is reported and reimbursed based on actual time after deducting the half-hour meal break.

4. Employees deemed unsuitable are laid off, guaranteeing that you will not encounter colleagues who lack ability.

5. Employees only need to pay a little over NT$1,000 for company trips, allowing them to travel during the two-day weekend.

6. Lunch is provided in the employee cafeteria; NT$25 is deducted regardless of whether you eat or not.

7. There are five days of paid sick leave per year, which may only be taken when you have no annual leave or compensatory leave remaining. For the sake of fairness, you cannot use proof obtained that evening to take sick leave the following day.

1. There is no good communication channel between the Taiwan R&D team and U.S. marketing (there is no PM position). Many recurring issues happen repeatedly.

2. The boss has the final say on product specifications, which are often changed again and again. Even the product name can still change right up until shipment.

3. To reduce year-end bonus payouts, management secretly alters employees’ performance evaluations. The 360-degree peer review system is merely for show.

4. The organization is flat, so promotion opportunities are scarce and raises are small. After nearly four years of work, my salary has increased by less than NT$3,000.

5. Manufacturing is not valued by the company, so employees cannot improve their skills. R&D still has to resolve all problems that arise after mass production.

1. In southern Taiwan, the salary is considered decent; in northern Taiwan, it is probably only equivalent to the starting salary for new graduates at a relatively large company in Hsinchu Science Park. (The employees have been working for at least eight years, so you can tell how profitable it is to run a company in southern Taiwan.)

2. For the sake of company operations, individual pay raises usually require pulling out all the stops; otherwise, they are impossible. Group-wide raises are rare and can only be encountered by chance.

3. For employees’ physical and mental health, there is an option to work overtime without overtime pay. On weekdays, overtime compensatory leave first deducts 0.5 hours from your balance.

4. Most RD engineers are naturally capable and versatile, willing to endure hardship, usually easy to communicate with, and efficient at work. They rarely work overtime.

5. Most managers are highly capable (at backstabbing and boasting) and specialized. Beforehand, they are full of benevolence and righteousness; afterward, they claim they are powerless. When problems occur, they immediately blame the person’s bad horoscope or facial features.

6. There is often a constant turnover of new hires and departing employees.

7. A powerful, comprehensive evaluation system that filters out every assessment not conducted by senior management.

Where can you find a company without any flaws?

1. The salary is quite generous, but how long you can keep receiving it depends on your abilities...

2. You can often meet new colleagues; every month, you get to welcome newcomers and bid farewell to the unlucky souls who have been fired.

3. Vending machines with prices below market rates

1. To avoid comments under the job posting, they keep deleting the posting and putting it back up

2. There is no overtime pay; taking compensatory leave is the only option

3. A bunch of really brain-dead policies often pop up, so don't be too surprised

4. Once you join this company, in addition to the duties of the position you originally applied for, you'll also be pressured into taking on many tasks in other areas. If you're servile enough, you can convince yourself that you're getting the chance to learn more

qollie Why was the previous review moved to Chit-chat? That is really unprofessional!

1. Good salary, and punctual working hours.

2. The work is easy.

3. You don't need to be very specialized professionally; you just need to be somewhat skilled at talking nonsense.

4. You need to fully master Tai Chi: the more responsibility you push away, the faster you get promoted.

Disadvantages:

1. You often discover during work that there is one fewer colleague next door (laid off).

2. While the boss is back from the United States, it's best not to take a long vacation; otherwise, there is a good chance your colleagues will have already dug a hole and buried you in it.

3. Outsiders often lead experts, resulting in a lot of pointless work.

4. The standards of the performance evaluation system are whatever the higher-ups say they are.

5. Many policies seem very generous, but on closer inspection, you find that the company is actually very stingy with employees.

qollie Why was the previous review moved to Chit-chat? That is really unprofessional!

1. You often discover during work that there is one fewer colleague next door (laid off).

2. While the boss is back from the United States, it's best not to take a long vacation; otherwise, there is a good chance your colleagues will have already dug a hole and buried you in it.

3. Outsiders often lead experts, resulting in a lot of pointless work.

4. The standards of the performance evaluation system are whatever the higher-ups say they are.

5. Many policies seem very generous, but on closer inspection, you find that the company is actually very stingy with employees.

Punctual working hours, and the salary is considered high for southern Taiwan. As long as the senior manager of Department L doesn’t come harass you, life is wonderful. However, the worst part is that the roast chicken is prepared by the senior manager alone: when the junior manager prepares it, it is delicious, but that won’t do—the senior manager insists on preparing it until it is overcooked. If you don’t care about the year-end bonus and no one harasses you, life is still wonderful.

Conclusion: If the senior manager is going to come harass you, you have no choice but to run.

After all that was said above, isn’t it simply that the turnover rate is high?

The survival rules here are difficult to teach, but the predictable rules for death are:

Keep your head down and work (wrong)

Follow PL/Marketing’s lead (wrong)

It can’t be done because the specifications aren’t defined (wrong)

Don’t get along with others (wrong)

Have functionality but no quality (wrong)

Have quality but be difficult to use (wrong)

Pros:

1. Good pay, with regular working hours.

2. The work is easy.

3. You don't need much expertise; you just need to be fairly skilled at talking a big game.

4. You need to master the art of deflecting responsibility; the more responsibility you pass off, the faster you get promoted.

Cons:

1. You often come to work and discover that there's one fewer colleague next door (they've been laid off).

2. When the boss comes back from the United States, it's best not to take a long vacation; otherwise, there's a good chance your colleagues will have already dug a hole and buried you in it.

3. Outsiders often lead experts, resulting in lots of pointless work.

4. Performance review standards are whatever management says they are.

5. Many policies seem very generous, but on closer inspection, you realize the company is extremely stingy with employees.

- The turnover rate in department L is high, and the company follows an American-style approach to staffing (if someone is not suitable, they are let go).

- Working hours are stable, and the salary is fairly good by southern Taiwan standards.

- The work is relatively comprehensive, and the boss likes people with expertise across multiple areas; those who want to specialize in a single field should consider this carefully.

- People on different teams under R&D can differ greatly because they report to different managers. During the interview, it is recommended that you ask more about your direct supervisor (section chief/manager), the job responsibilities, and the team atmosphere. If you discover that there is no lower-level manager, hehe...

The above is for reference only.

Every time a new project starts, they hire a large number of people, and when the project ends, they start laying off a bunch of people.

Departments starting with L~ There are many openings~ There’s a reason for that~ Those who fail to plan ahead will have worries close at hand~