1. What is overtime? Can you eat it?
2. The atmosphere at work is harmonious, and everyone is quite willing to help one another.
3. The company holds social events from time to time to foster closer relationships.
4. The boss has an easygoing personality and is quite approachable.
5. Once the policy direction is determined, there generally will not be any major changes. Even if there are changes, they are only minor issues.
6. It is a Taiwanese-invested company and also has quite a few mainland Chinese employees, all of whom are veterans. However, how well you get along with them depends on the individual.
7. Although the Taiwanese managers come from different regions, they all hope to make the company better. Just speak openly and directly—they will not harm you.
8. Meetings are held regularly every week and chaired by the boss. Everyone is welcome to speak up, for example, about company policies, where to go for the employee trip, and so on......
9. It is best not to flatter people at the company; ability comes first, and this is all the company looks at.
10. Everything follows the Labor Standards Act.
11. There is a flight subsidy.
12. Everyone has a strong sense of belonging, and the company’s turnover rate is extremely low. Some people are just talking nonsense.
13. The year-end bonus is equivalent to 15 months’ salary.
Dreams are the opposite of reality—the advantages listed above were all just a dream......
1. There are ghosts in every department of this company, especially the Planning Department. Anyway, you have to be careful when you are away from home. Usually, within a week, you can tell who is a good person and who is a ghost; generally, there are not too many good people.
2. This company has what is known as a probationary period. If you are lucky, it is three months; if you are unlucky, they might send you home to fend for yourself after just three days.
3. It is best to document everything you do at this company by email; otherwise, you will be the one who suffers.
4. Here, having technical skills alone is useless; that is not what they value.
5. However, the food is genuinely pretty good.
6. At this company, you have to know how to act alongside the leading characters. If you do not perform well, being scolded is only to be expected.
7. I recommend asking more in-depth questions during the interview. It would be best if the interview could be conducted by video.
I thought about it seriously for a long time.
For an overseas assignment, the food is actually pretty good.
1. The Labor Standards Act isn’t very applicable here.
2. The turnover rate among Taiwanese employees is extremely high. There are 20 Taiwanese employees, yet the number who are dismissed or resign within a year is close to 30.
3. If you haven’t completed a full year, don’t expect to receive the airfare subsidy—everything depends on the boss’s mood.
4. When upper management’s policies aren’t consistent, it’s not unusual for them to change five or six times in a week.
5. Work ability isn’t important; flattering the boss is the key to survival.
6. It’s impossible to socialize normally within the company. When groups enter or leave the company together, the guards record it and report it to the boss.
7. Even when there’s nothing to do, you still have to pretend to work overtime.
If you’re reading this, congratulations—you’ve escaped this ordeal for now.
The restaurant provides decent meals three times a day.
After actually arriving at the workplace, I encountered the following conditions.
(1) Dormitory environment: One person per room, including a bathroom and toilet.
The room is equipped with approximately a bed (the bed is hard and uncomfortable), air conditioning (the temperature fluctuates between too hot and too cold), a storage cabinet, and a sofa. The floor is dirty, and you have to purchase all daily necessities yourself. Sometimes there is no hot water.
(2) Work environment: The air conditioning only turns on when the temperature reaches a certain level; otherwise, electric fans are provided.
Basically, this is a company where one person makes all the decisions. In meetings, whatever the boss says goes, and you are expected to carry it out. If your personality or approach does not align with the boss, you could be asked to leave at any time. As for clothing, you cannot dress too casually; men are required to wear ties.
(3) Salary and benefits are average. There are only four round-trip plane tickets and four trips back to Taiwan, each lasting seven days. However, you must pay for the airfares upfront, and they are settled all at once at the end of the year. If you are unable to receive the reimbursement, there is little protection.
(4) New employees have a three-month probationary period, during which there is no labor or health insurance and no airfare subsidy, offering little protection.
(5) Year-end bonuses and other bonuses depend on the company's operating conditions. Basically, there are only 12 months of pay.
(6) Overtime is routine, with no overtime pay. On weekdays, you may have to work until 9 p.m.; on holidays, it depends on the boss's mood.
(7) There are no ATMs nearby. Only a small portion of the salary is paid in RMB, so remember to exchange more RMB; otherwise, you may not have living expenses available. Alternatively, you can keep money in WeChat. There are only two small shops nearby, and if you need to buy daily necessities, you still have to shop online.
Overall, given these circumstances, if you treat it as a trip to Hong Kong and Macau, you could go and take a look. However, if you view it as a job, I recommend comparing it with other options to see whether there are better choices.
1. The food and dormitories are pretty good.
2. The factory environment is kept quite clean.
1. Praises overtime, causing many people to put on the appearance of staying behind to perform even when they have nothing to do after work (I really don't know what they're doing).
2. Really enjoys spreading rumors and stabbing people in the back.
3. The rest is as other people have mentioned in their comments.
If you want to experience the feeling of struggling to survive in adversity, you’re welcome to take on the challenge.