達新工業股份有限公司

1. You can really eat three meals for ten dollars, so if you want to save money, go for it.

I’ve already tried very hard to come up with one advantage.

1. Young people should consider this carefully. If you hope to have opportunities for development and advance in the future, this company is not recommended (especially for women). Gender discrimination is fairly serious, with a preference for men over women. Some senior managers occupy their positions, spend all day wandering around with nothing to do, chatting about gossip, and waiting to collect their paychecks instead of retiring.

2. People with their own ideas are not a good fit because the company is closed-minded and traditional. Many people like to spread idle gossip and even invent stories out of thin air, then pass them around the company. As long as you might have said even one sentence to someone of the opposite sex, people can twist it into something inappropriate. In short, try not to make friends or interact with the opposite sex at work; otherwise, you may become the main character in the gossip.

3. Regardless of the department, senior employees like to bully newcomers. They make those below them take the blame, and when faced with unfairness, they expect young people to swallow it and endure it. If you speak up for yourself and stand up for your rights, they will also tell you not to make a big deal out of it and hope you will just let the matter pass.

4. I’ve heard that some senior employees in certain departments also make sarcastic remarks behind people’s backs. They find everything young people say and do irritating, like to make unwarranted comments, or recklessly spread rumors about them. All I can say is that certain departments cannot retain young employees yet refuse to reflect on themselves; they even privately bring up and criticize young people who have already resigned.

5. There are many unspoken rules. The company constantly expects young people to follow old traditions and do things the way they have always been done. The company has no prospects and cannot progress. Long-serving employees refuse to retire and hold on to power despite lacking ability. It is a completely uncompetitive company.

Conclusion: If you want to work here, just be a good, obedient employee. Don’t get too close to too many people; otherwise, with so many mouths talking, people can make the dead sound alive. The company atmosphere is terrible and closed-off, promotions are slow, pay raises are slow, the thinking is outdated, and there is no future.

For 10 dollars, you can buy three meals, so it may be worth considering for people who want to save money.

1. The job duties described in the interview can differ greatly from what you actually end up doing. (The interviewers seem to believe in getting people in first and sorting out the details later.)

2. Many long-serving employees have a sense of entitlement, and there are many hypocrites. (Many long-serving employees nearing retirement are afraid of being replaced by newcomers, so they put down new employees and inexperienced supervisors.)

3. Many supervisors are quite incompetent, which sometimes makes you wonder how they became supervisors in the first place (by sucking up). Supervisors are afraid that subordinates might be too capable, so they stab them in the back. Yet they lack the ability to begin with and often implement misguided policies, then make their subordinates take the blame. As a result, newcomers here will only be bullied. Without the support of experienced veterans or a good supervisor, you really have no prospects here and will be miserable.

4. One particularly ridiculous thing is that senior managers—whether because they are bald or because their hair has turned white—are very concerned about whether young men dye their hair or wear it long. It is genuinely absurd. If you care a lot about your appearance, I suggest not coming here; otherwise, you will never be able to get promoted, simply because your hairstyle is different from everyone else’s (utterly ridiculous).

In short, if you want to work here, having someone on the inside look out for you will make things a little easier. If nobody looks out for you, get ready to be targeted and mistreated by both the veterans and the supervisors!

None; all the outstanding employees have left.

The following comments concern the Taipei office:

1/ A certain business manager has no humanity, yet can still be promoted. As expected, they ultimately met a miserable end.

2/ There is severe behind-the-scenes infighting among colleagues.

3/ Promotions depend entirely on the manager’s preferences, not on the quality of your performance.

4/ Severe gender discrimination against both men and women; women are discriminated against.

5/ The general affairs manager is unfair in their conduct.

None—I wouldn’t recommend it for men.

If it’s an interview for the New Machines Department at the main plant, I suggest not considering it. You’ll regret wasting your youth there, unless you have a relative working there as a manager.

None; good colleagues don't stay long.

What a terrible department. Some people are afraid that newcomers will perform well. Instead of improving themselves despite their seniority, they deliberately make things difficult for and nitpick newcomers at work. They are constantly yelling at people—both those in their own department and those in other departments. As long as you perform relatively well, they will suppress you relentlessly. Even former employees are casually brought up to be attacked. You have to agree with them, and they will also use newcomers to oppose people they dislike; if you refuse to take part, they will make things difficult for you. When junior employees in other departments perform well, they become jealous. If someone is highly professional, they sneer that even if they went back to school now, they could still be better than that person. They think everyone else is incompetent. Those who attended private universities even mock graduates of national universities, saying their quality is poor, and claim that private universities in the past were much better than national universities are now, and so on.

The company has offices in Taipei, a headquarters in Taichung, and a Zhonggang plant.

Taipei: Unknown. I’ve heard it is more serious and offers additional allowances, so the comments below do not include the Taipei branch.

Taichung headquarters: More resources, a much better environment than the Zhonggang plant, and faster communication.

Zhonggang: Good culture. The young leaders are easy to communicate with and thoughtful. Perhaps because it is located in a suburban area, colleagues are honest and easy to get along with. Even with limited resources provided by headquarters, the plant leaders do their best to serve as a lubricant between frontline employees and upper management, though there is a potential risk that they may gradually become powerless over time.

Common advantages: Free meals three times a day and free accommodation (in Taichung, two people share a relatively new room; in Zhonggang, there are single rooms, but the condition of the housing is poor). As an established company, it is basically unlikely to go under within the next 10 years. The newly appointed general manager has brought a fresh atmosphere, but time will tell whether the changes are for better or worse.

Although the salary may not be particularly good, you can take the value of the free meals and accommodation into consideration when making your own assessment.

It feels like the company has been working hard in recent years to bring in new talent and improve its competitiveness. Although the process is understood to be difficult and lengthy, the company is still making the effort.

There are currently still stable orders from major manufacturers supporting the company, but overall, it feels like the company is walking a tightrope.

For newcomers with drive and strong performance, seize the opportunity to demonstrate yourselves in front of first-level managers, and there will be plenty of room for development.

Taichung: The center of power, with a relatively strong bureaucratic atmosphere and many unspoken rules. Because the company is stable and employees almost always leave work on time, when people have too much free time and no ambition, they end up gossiping and engaging in office politics—becoming the kind of long-serving employees that everyone dislikes. In some departments, there is a culture of pretending to be busy until 6 p.m. before leaving. In others, whenever a new employee joins, one new employee is driven away (even if that “new employee” is an older, experienced person). However, if you have worked at other large companies before, you may smile knowingly when you come here. Perhaps because the work environment is relatively closed, the tactics used tend to be rather crude.

Zhonggang: There are not many internal problems. The plant leaders work very hard to fulfill their roles, most employees are enthusiastic and willing to teach, and there is a strong culture of good relationships and mutual help among employees. Compared with Taichung, there are fewer resources, and cost control is emphasized in many areas—sometimes to the point of making you frown. The hardware, facilities, and overall environment are poorer, giving it somewhat of a frontier feel. Although there is more freedom, there are few resources, and it is difficult to obtain additional ones.

Common disadvantages: Low salaries and serious talent attrition. The company’s products are gradually becoming outdated, and its prospects are somewhat worrying, although it should have no problem holding on for another 10 years. Even though the company currently appears to be trying to improve its competitiveness through simultaneous organizational renewal and talent replacement, most of the resources and experience remain in the hands of veteran employees. The company does not want to lay people off, resulting in many unmotivated employees continuing to occupy positions without contributing. It is currently facing both internal and external transformation, but still needs to address issues such as how to handle the more than 50% of employees who are veterans, the company’s salary system, and bottlenecks in developing innovative products.

I won’t comment on the overseas plants because I don’t know enough about them. This company has a solid foundation and is not short of money, but it has many minor issues waiting to be improved. For young people who are passionate and willing to commit to a long-term battle, there is a great stage to perform on, and they may even be assigned overseas as managers—but first, you have to seize the opportunity to get noticed XD.

A few colleagues are kind, and the benefits and compensation are better than those of some small and medium-sized companies.

A certain department that calculates things practices an extreme seniority-based system. A group of senior colleagues led by a particular supervisor uses their seniority to throw their weight around: you must not appear to be better than them, and you must not leave work earlier than they do. There is no overtime pay for working overtime on weekdays, and they spend all day berating people, including other departments and former colleagues. Most of the time, the work environment involves intrigue and idle chatter. They always emphasize that they are working very seriously, which is why they cannot finish their work. If you are considering working in that department, please think carefully; junior employees cannot stay because the workplace bullying is far too severe.