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Read the community guidelinesA lot of money—an enormous amount.
The work atmosphere is terrible; there are petty and malicious people everywhere, and the supervisors are completely blind. Even when you work excessive overtime, the supervisor still thinks you are not cooperating with overtime work.
The team leader is fundamentally incompetent. They know nothing yet can still be a team leader, doing nothing but talking. In this company, connections mean everything: those who curry favor do not have to do any work, while those who can work are worked to death. Those who cannot work either curry favor or resign. Someone from the same hiring cohort was almost 40 when they joined; it is obvious they got in through connections, yet they still refuse to admit it. Every day, people work overtime to buy dinner for the team leader and drinks for the supervisor. You do not have to work; you only need to sit in the office, enjoy the air conditioning, and use your phone. You do not need to work or learn.
Just a low-level technician, yet they can still manipulate those in power to control those below them.
This company is difficult to get into, yet they were still able to recruit their former colleagues as well. Their connections are truly impressive. They caused two new employees to fail their probation periods just to make room for their own colleagues.
In short, aside from the money, there is nothing good about this company.
Self-proclaimed TSMC of Miaoli
The HR staff and supervisors are extremely unprofessional. The interviews are conducted perfunctorily because the positions have already been decided in advance anyway—connections matter. The factory’s internal environment is dirty and disorganized, and long-serving employees slack off while waiting for retirement. It is only barely halfway through the year, yet this is already the third recruitment round, indicating an extremely high turnover rate. The only advantage is that they give out large year-end bonuses; they call themselves the TSMC of Miaoli.
Just a lot of year-end bonuses.
If you have connections, nothing is a problem; if you have no connections, everything is a problem.
If you have a background, working there is really great; without a background, it all depends on luck.
The managers above don't know how to use people. Hiring and assigning work isn't based on your education or experience, but on whether you're lucky. There are lots of entrenched employees and incapable relatives or cronies of the powerful, who only know how to follow what their senior, more senior, and even more senior predecessors used to do.
Overall, you can go in for an interview and take a mediocre position if you can't find anything better. If it's a terrible position, resign quickly (there are many terrible positions). A good position? Don't even think about it—they're all reserved for the relatives and cronies of the powerful.
Also, the managers at this company really like their subordinates to flatter them....
Good salary. The company is bold in its hiring; capable people can be exposed to many things at a young age, allowing them to accumulate experience quickly.
Work is distributed unevenly, and younger employees have a heavy workload.
As with traditional industries in general, the company has a strong bureaucratic culture and is highly centralized, and it does not value talent. What a pity.
High salary
No time for myself; every day is work, work, work
After being assigned to mainland China, there was no opportunity to return to Taiwan
The atmosphere at the Dafa plant is not very good