財團法人台灣水資源與農業研究院教育基金會

A lifelong supervisor, acting recklessly, with no worries about year-end.

Burdensome thinking! Unable to meet the needs of today’s government civil servants, stubbornly going its own way, and ultimately doomed to ruin.

The quality of the managers and colleagues you encounter is completely a matter of luck—some are great, while others are terrible.

The PM of a certain project bullies newcomers. They act obsequiously and try to be cute around peers and superiors, but put on a completely different face with newcomers and have an extremely poor attitude. However, because this person only bullies those they perceive as weaker than themselves, most superiors are unaware and can only wonder why the employee turnover rate is so high XD

Those who live nearby and are willing to put up with it can stay.

In 2026, there are still policies that violate the Labor Standards Act.

It’s just that the victims have not spoken up or reported them.

The overall environment is like an imperial company, governed emotionally.

Employees and supervisors have to go along with the boss’s wishes.

When the boss likes you, you are a favored concubine, and your salary will be raised.

But one day, if the boss listens to the chief eunuch badmouth you,

you will immediately be banished to the cold palace and no longer valued, while your salary will remain frozen for several years.

Year-end bonuses and performance evaluations are determined subjectively by supervisors.

At onboarding, they say the year-end bonus is 1.5 months’ salary, but there have been cases where employees actually received only 0.X months.

Employees are treated like disposable chopsticks.

Several capable, hardworking colleagues were forced out.

Those left behind have degrees but very poor ability to get things done, like pushing work onto others and passively waiting for retirement, making them extremely difficult to work with.

Yet, mysteriously, those people are never fired. I’ve heard that they have very powerful connections.

The senior manager has no sense of responsibility. When something goes wrong, they shift the blame onto subordinates to protect themselves. Their character is absolutely terrible! They act the same way internally and externally—a perfect experience of troubles from within and threats from without.

First, after joining, most of the new hires throughout the research institute are inexperienced, and a culture of working overtime is widespread. Supervisors tell employees that they can come in on holidays to earn overtime pay.

Second, it has the mindset of an old-established organization: there is little need to do work exceptionally well, and most assigned tasks only need to meet the target. In summary, it is enough to do something—making grand promises is acceptable.

Third, it is quite peculiar that there are always projects available to work on. It is very different from working with businesses outside to seek government cooperation!

Fourth, it is suitable for polishing your résumé for about a year.

It is an organization run largely at personal discretion, and many things feel rather gray... It is not convenient to say much about the internal operations. There seems to be some use of employees’ external connections; I suggest not wasting your own network. As for the shortcomings, everyone has seen the online reviews, so I will not further criticize them with negative comments.

Additional note: I came into contact with a former employee who said that after submitting their resignation, they cooperated with the institute by attending classes outside. The subsidized amount had to be paid back...

You can see the beautiful Tamsui River

The sunsets are beautiful

The working-hours system is great

The supervisor lacks accountability and management experience; even big and small matters require the director's decision

When something goes wrong, the supervisor tends to hide behind the scenes and let employees take the blame

The supervisor is unable to create a sense of belonging for new employees

For senior staff, it is a good place to wait for retirement

Work is distributed unevenly

A very personality-driven workplace; if the boss likes you, you can rise quickly.

There are often disputes between labor and management. For example, after the recent earthquake, for some inexplicable reason, employees were required to use annual leave to cover commuting delays caused by disruptions to public transportation due to the earthquake...

This is an overly personality-driven workplace where the boss has the final say 🥲

Additionally, recently they have used tactics or excuses to lay off or dismiss quite a few people.

Most sadly, whenever the labor-management unit comes over, they only consult with certain employees known for being compliant, which is truly lamentable ☹️

Most colleagues have fairly good academic backgrounds; with careful observation, you can find good coworkers.

For a company that takes on government projects, it would be one thing if some managers were unclear about the work they were responsible for, but they also lack professionalism and the ability to make objective judgments. They decide whether employees stay or go entirely based on personal preferences, then shift the blame to frontline staff when problems arise. Who, exactly, is really unqualified?

Some people do not assess work by what gets done or by efficiency, but only judge whether others take their work seriously based on how long they stay in the office. Overall, this is really not a place to stay for long.

You can go directly to the administration office to resign and have a designated person handle the process.

When you see colleagues, senior employees, or supervisors slacking off, you can slack off together.

After work, there are colleagues you can organize groups with to play sports or eat.

At noon and in the afternoon, colleagues from different departments order meals or drinks, and you can add your order.

You can leave mobile games running on your phone during work.

You can go downstairs to buy drinks or smoke, then come back up.

The sunset in Tamsui is beautiful.

There are many female colleagues.

It feels a lot like school.

If you arrive early to clock in, you can go downstairs to buy breakfast; if you clock in before 8 a.m., you can leave at 5 p.m.

You can still stay in touch with colleagues after they leave the company, and they are very warm and friendly.

Transportation is inconvenient, so it is more suitable for locals.

Work assignments are problematic; sometimes the entire office is chatting because there is nothing to do.

There are not many colleagues who can get things done, and collaboration mostly involves passing the buck.

The company’s systems are somewhat strange and are updated on a rolling basis.

There are many parachuted-in employees, and their job titles also seem unusually senior.

There is an obsession with educational qualifications rather than focusing on work ability.

The company culture includes reporting on colleagues behind their backs.

Some people spend all day walking around and chatting with colleagues in different departments.

There are many parachuted-in employees, and overall salary increases are not very substantial.

Sometimes you work overtime without receiving overtime pay, or the overtime pay is reduced or cut for various reasons.

When there are national holidays or you work overtime beyond regular hours, you may be asked to shift the hours to times that do not reflect when the work was actually performed.

1. Supervisors’ meetings are like direct-selling conventions, with the power of great faith

2. The colleagues are nice; we weather difficulties together

3. It has become a national research institute, and they dare to offer decent salaries for PhDs

4. The Tamsui River is beautiful

You can’t eat breakfast after clocking in

The office air conditioning breaks down

The open-plan office is noisy

The supervisors lack ambition and are out of touch with society

They hire people indiscriminately; there are many highly educated but incompetent people

As an assistant’s assistant at the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, you’ll be criticized if you don’t help pour tea

Meetings are inefficient; they’re all just talking nonsense

You can’t make decisions about minor matters without asking the institute director

They love holding institute-wide meetings to boost morale, but they’re useless

Business is won through connections, so there’s no need to develop real capability

The internal systems are terrible

The supervisor is very noisy

1. Supervisors' meetings are like direct-sales conventions, powered by great faith

2. Colleagues are nice and stick together through hardships

3. It has become a national research institute and is willing to offer good salaries to PhDs

4. The Tamsui River is beautiful

You can't eat breakfast after clocking in

The office air conditioning breaks down

The open-plan office is noisy

The supervisors lack ambition and are out of touch with society

They hire people indiscriminately, and there are many highly educated troublemakers

As the assistant to the assistant at the Agriculture and Water Resources Office, you'll be criticized if you don't help pour tea

Meetings are inefficient and consist mostly of pointless talk

You can't make decisions about minor matters without asking the president

They love holding institute-wide meetings to boost morale, but they are never effective

Business is won through connections, so there is no need to develop real capabilities

The internal systems are terrible

The supervisors are very noisy

It’s pleasant working with colleagues; everyone divides the work, collaborates, and encourages one another.

There are no other advantages.

In the few short months I was there, I slept with two or three girls.

That’s the only advantage I can think of.

Everyone has already mentioned the drawbacks, so I won’t flog a dead horse.

The fact that this kind of company can still survive

shows that Taiwan’s water-resources employment environment still has a lot of room for improvement.

(Or perhaps I should say it’s beyond saving.)

The colleagues are nice.

1. Policies and systems change constantly, entirely depending on the boss's mood, leaving employees without any security (there are currently no provisions whatsoever for salary increases, promotions, or benefits).

2. Senior management acts on impulse and often suppresses employees through various means (including both direct verbal abuse and indirect underhanded tactics).

3. A lot of time is spent on maneuvering and socializing, leaving relatively little focus on academic research.

Summary: It may serve as a short-term stepping stone, but in the long term there is little room for development, and people come and go.

Some colleagues are nice.

https://www.ettoday.net/news/20170930/1022165.htm

There is a supervisor there who, like Nono, is a bully.

No

First off, as bad as the system is, there should still be some good colleagues worth striving alongside, but you’ll need to discover them carefully (supervisors don’t count).

1. There is no overtime pay on regular workdays.

2. Overtime pay is rarely provided on holidays (600 per shift—something you can see but never get to enjoy).

3. They will have you do things you never expected (things unrelated to what you studied).

4. There is indeed endless overtime.

5. Salaries haven’t been adjusted for several years.

6. The person who publicly berates people has extremely poor emotional control; I strongly suspect they should see a doctor.

7. The person who undermines you behind your back can cause you to develop emotional-control problems; you may need to see a doctor.

8. The status of men and women is extremely unequal, especially in one particular group, where the imbalance is even more pronounced.

9. There is no meal allowance for business trips.

10. The decent supervisors have all left already.

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None

This company is terrible—awful, absolutely awful. The top director only wants to save money. Of the two section chiefs, one will swear at you in front of everyone, and the other will undermine you behind your back. There is endless overtime. Holiday overtime pays 600 per session; I really want to pay 600 to have the director cover one session for me.

Year-end bonus (0.5–1.5 months)

Two days off per week

1. No traditional holiday bonuses; raises are infrequent and small

2. Although there are two days off per week, overtime is often required, and overtime on regular workdays is unpaid

3. I don't know whose pockets all the money is going into

Staff composition = inherited from the personnel of Tamkang University’s Water Resources Research Center

Most employees have 1–3 years of seniority

Not suitable for long-term investment and development

Moreover, there is no time after work for part-time jobs or studying

They even say that socializing on holidays is necessary for making friends, and do not provide overtime pay