凌群電腦股份有限公司

The interviewer just chatted; the interview was very relaxed.

The aptitude test in the written exam was extremely tedious.

They asked about family background in such detail that they even discussed family members’ relationships.

With one year of experience, they only offered 39K + 5K for the non-compete clause.

Overtime is compensated with time off in lieu.

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You can’t trust what they say in the interview—you should still buy a one-way ticket. I initially bought a high-speed rail ticket north for the interview. All I remember is the interviewer smiling from ear to ear and making the company sound amazing, saying it had flexible hours and a free, open team atmosphere. But I hit red flags on my third day at work. I had to spend all day reading minds to guess what the boss was thinking, filling in three times as much detail as was actually given in every instruction, and periodically helping with miscellaneous tasks completely unrelated to my actual job.

A small project had clearly written specifications, but my manager insisted that I force in a cheap substitute, saying, “It’s close enough—the client won’t notice.” The demo blew up on the spot, and the boss still blamed me for not testing it properly. Most outrageously, he liked holding meetings and tossing out feature requests after work. His catchphrase was “Could you take care of this?”—but what he really meant was “Finish it immediately.”

In the end, I lasted only two weeks. I decided to walk out before I had even used up my high-speed rail return ticket. Looking back now, I should have known from the start: this place wasn’t worth coming to twice.

I worked at an outsourcing company and handled projects for this company.

The medical division on the 8th floor, finance on the 4th floor, and education on the 3rd floor. I have worked with and negotiated with all of them, and I think they are good.

The colleagues are nice, the working hours are reasonable, and communication is smooth.

The 2nd floor, which handles Chunghwa Telecom, is a disaster. The supervisor treats dispatched workers as consumables. The colleagues are terrible; things could clearly be done properly, but they handle others carelessly.

The transportation is fairly convenient

The interview process a few years ago was extremely uncomfortable

Quite disrespectful, and there was even some PUA at the end

I’m quite disappointed in this company

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Professor Liao〇Hua: During your tenure at Tatung University, it would be bad enough if the courses you taught were poor, but you always assume that only what you teach is correct. You even compare other people with your own doctoral students. Putting down other students will not make your students any more outstanding, will it? The research assistants exploited by you are truly pitiful—working themselves to death for a small monthly salary. Before someone left, you even went to the accounting office to pressure the accounting clerk, relying on your high-ranking position to force someone to do something illegal, altering accounting documents so that the person could not receive that month’s salary. Who knows whether you pocketed the money yourself or used it elsewhere? Doing things devoid of character and ethics—how are you any different from a thief or robber? You even had someone design a poster for your child’s junior-high school parents’ association. You completely fail to understand the teacher-student relationship or the meaning of a research assistant, and have reached the absolute height of shamelessness. You later went to teach at National Taipei University of Business, and since you have no students or ethics in your heart, you are the same wherever you go. Your direct supervisor also lacks the magnanimity to accept criticism or advice from others, and can only spout a bunch of lofty-sounding bullshit. After behaving improperly, the person involved then hides behind others and dares not face the problem, acting as though it were perfectly reasonable. No wonder—when the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams are crooked too. You debase yourself while misleading students and wasting other people’s lives. What excellent faculty the school has.

Interviewed for an engineering position on a healthcare-related team:

The manager has extensive experience with healthcare projects and a deep understanding of projects in the healthcare industry (the manager was personally involved in developing HIS systems early in their career).

Candidates are treated with great respect. Their past experience is viewed from a positive and fair perspective, and each person’s career development is respected.

The career development environment feels very flexible. They respect each person’s desired direction of development and even discussed annual goals beyond work-related technical skills.

When discussing salary, they showed great respect for the candidate. Even though the expected salary exceeded the position’s original budget, they were willing to make an effort to negotiate for it.

This is not simply a personnel dispatch arrangement. This is important: there are opportunities to transfer internally. Unlike other staffing companies that simply sell your services, they develop projects as part of the Lingqun team.

The downside is that the intelligence test is a mandatory requirement. If you do not pass, you will be screened out, and the hiring manager cannot help. Anyone attending the interview should be well prepared to manage the pace of completing the intelligence test, as it includes a wide range of questions, including reading comprehension, memory, visual logic, and mathematical calculation tests.

A one-and-a-half-hour lunch break, with a convenience store downstairs

The manager is extremely disrespectful and unprofessional toward outsourced contractors,

unfairly dismisses people and is extremely arrogant,

so I advise newcomers to choose their manager carefully. Do not, under any circumstances, end up working with a petty, unprofessional manager who is preparing to retire.

The senior managers at this company bully newcomers.

The person who previously sat at my desk threw the manager’s business card into the cabinet.

When I left, I also put the manager’s business card in the drawer,

so there are two of the manager’s business cards in the drawer.

Labor and health insurance provided

If you feel despair about this world and want to end your life, this company is very suitable for you to join

As you head toward the end of life...

More or less legally operated; if you're in a bad mood, you can kick the fire extinguisher box.

The salary package offered makes you shake your head.

Hidden away in an old, run-down building in Ximending, apparently to save costs.

Everyone interviewing has to take an intelligence test first—it is genuinely a hurdle. It's as if they're really afraid of hiring an idiot?

Overall benefits are mediocre.... The three traditional holiday bonuses are practically nonexistent!

The interviewer asks about each of the technologies listed on the applicant’s résumé to assess your level of proficiency. Being prepared can be an advantage.

The written test is an intelligence test of moderate difficulty, including math, visual patterns, logic, language, and memory sections, among others. Since there are many questions, you can skip those that require more time to think about and return to them later; otherwise, you may not finish in time.

The salary is absurdly low, nowhere near what one would expect for the responsibilities of this job. Educational background does not affect the salary level.

The company atmosphere is good, and there are plenty of places to eat nearby.

You need to choose your start date carefully. It is best to join between January and April, so you have a chance of receiving a raise the following year. Otherwise, if you join at the end or middle of the year, you may not receive a raise until your second year. Usually, department heads in each area submit raise applications before December of the current year. I joined at the end of the year and went a full two years without a salary adjustment. The timing of raises also varies by department. Some departments adjust salaries as early as February, while others may not provide an increase even by July. Raises are not based on your length of service.

You do not receive overtime pay. You are given compensatory leave instead, but you cannot choose when to take it. Seeing employees at other companies working on the same projects receive better benefits makes you want to move to another company and work there instead. Even if there is no money, at least there should be clearly defined times for taking compensatory leave.

The company’s colleagues are lively, and the company is fairly sizable.

I used to work in sales at this company and felt that the sales culture was poor. Sales staff were expected not only to entertain clients, but also to dine and drink with manufacturers and internal colleagues. Female sales employees wore very short skirts—perhaps that was part of the selling point. I once saw an experienced female sales employee bully a newer female sales employee, though this may also have been an issue specific to the department I worked in.

The performance bonuses were pitifully small. More importantly, the base salary was not high either, and there was little to expect from the year-end bonus. The benefits were not particularly good either.

There isn’t much to do during the first few months after starting the job.

You can find things you want to look at on your own,

but you have to take the initiative to learn.

Otherwise, you may find it quite boring.

The salary is fairly good for fresh graduates,

but it isn’t as good for people who joined after changing jobs.

The company does not provide training for new hires.

However, this can be either an advantage or a disadvantage.

On the one hand, you can find things you want to learn about on your own;

on the other hand, you may end up learning without a clear goal.

You can learn things, but it depends heavily on luck. If you’re lucky, you can learn useful things; if you’re unlucky, you’ll learn things that are of no use outside the company.

And if things go even worse, you’ll be worked to death with overtime, receive only 60% of your compensatory leave, and be restricted to taking at most one day off per week.

The alternative military service program is extremely exploitative.

1. Assuming the figure discussed initially was N, then N-5 is actually the base salary, while the 5k is a non-compete bonus. The base salary figure is closely related to your three annual bonuses and year-end bonus.

2. The 5k is a bonus for signing a non-compete clause. The non-compete clause cannot be signed in the first month; it is only offered for signing in the third month, and payment begins in the fourth month. In total, this means receiving 15k less.

3. 3. If the first three months are considered a probationary period (I could not find the company’s regulations, and this was not discussed during the interview or when signing the contract), there are three points that can be questioned:

(1) Employees entering through the alternative military service system are required to serve for three years. Is it reasonable to treat the first three months as a probationary period, as with regular employees?

(2) The interviewer clearly explained this bonus verbally, but did not inform candidates that the money would not be paid until the fourth month?

(3) Non-compete bonuses are generally paid as a lump sum after resignation. Does paying them while the employee is still employed actually have legal effect?

4. The alternative military service program is divided into three stages, and the salary payment method is also divided into three stages.

First stage: Initial training. Duration: 3+1 weeks; you go to the company in the fourth week. Salary: $7xxx?

Second stage: 10 or 11 months (not deducted from the service period). Salary: around 20k; the company makes up the difference to N-20k.

Third stage: 24 months. Salary: N.

The money for the second stage is paid in two installments, each covering five months. The first installment is paid around the seventh month after joining the company, which is not a problem.

As for the second installment, it should theoretically be paid in the 13th month. However, the problem is that this money is delayed until one and a half years after joining the company—i.e., the 18th month.

At that point, the company presents a four-year service contract. If you sign it, you receive the second installment the following month; if you do not sign it, payment is delayed another year, until the 2.5-year mark.

(Note! The company does not pay you any interest for withholding your money. Putting it in a one-year fixed deposit would earn at least 1.37%.)

5. Signing a four-year contract adds another 5k per month (again, this is not added to the base salary). If you want to resign once your service period ends, you must return all the 5k payments you received for each month.

There is also a problem here: the 5k you initially received was taxable, but when you repay it, you must repay the full amount. The difference, combined with the interest on the previously delayed payments, may not be a large sum,

but it still comes close to five figures.

Some departments start and finish work on time.

Chatting,

browsing the internet,

and playing video games are all common.

People leave punctually when the time is up.

It is standard practice not to pay for overtime.

The amount of overtime for R&D is not particularly high. However, if you encounter a department that has problems executing a project, you will often need to work crazy hours before acceptance, and if you are unlucky, you may also be pulled into another department to provide support. After joining the company, you will be asked to sign a four-year contract. Your monthly salary will increase after signing, but if you leave before the contract expires, you will have to pay the money back to the company. The technologies used by many departments are not particularly new; some are even quite outdated. It is suitable for honing your skills, but if you plan to stay for a long time, you should consider it carefully.

Whether you have to work overtime really depends on the capabilities of the department head and PM. With good ones, like in my case, I only worked overtime five times in three years. With bad ones, they can make you work overtime continuously for several months, even forcing you to clock in and out several times a day. One project can drive away thirty or forty people. Still, they will make up for the time you’re owed with compensatory leave.

It depends on the department. I’ve seen the neighboring department leave on time at 5:30, while most people in my department stay to work a bit longer. I’ve heard that some departments are constantly working overtime.