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Read the community guidelinesThe company building is very nice, the company’s benefits are better than those of many peers, and the company environment is also very good. Overall, they are quite serious about running the company.
Although I have been gone from the company for a long time, there was a person with the surname Hu in the organization who always acted as if they were a PM and bullied engineers by bossing them around. It was the kind of workplace bullying that amounted to personal humiliation, using a roaring and threatening tone. Many people could not stand it and chose to leave, and some even made appointments with psychiatric departments.
Later, I heard that this person actually became a PM. According to people who were still there, they later stopped roaring publicly and only dared to pull people into the stairwell to berate them for 30 or 40 minutes at a time. They lied and deceived people in meeting reports. Anyone who exposed their lies would be smeared behind their back and deliberately given a hard time until they left. Many talented people went from being full of passion to becoming disappointed and leaving.
If there is any justice in the world, I sincerely hope the company will quickly see this person’s true nature and deal with this person as soon as possible.
Taipei company: Friendly colleagues, a high degree of freedom, and willing to pay good salaries. It can be a company to stay with until retirement—stable, with bonuses provided at year-end and all three major holidays.
The company's operating rules are stuck in the old-fashioned Taiwanese management style from 30 years ago, with many unnecessary procedures. There is a generational gap among employees. When work gets busy, it can become extremely busy, making time pass very quickly; overtime is semi-routine. This company is not suitable for people who want to seek innovation and change or proactively pioneer new initiatives.
The company's salary is okay and paid promptly, and the policies and benefits are also good. Employees in other departments are easy to get along with.
If you are considering the legal position in mainland China, think carefully before applying.
The supervisor keeps a lot of things as necessary evidence to use against you later, handles matters according to personal likes and dislikes, and has no clear standards. (There are general standards for contract revisions, but for other matters, the same issue may have different outcomes depending on the person.) A lot of time is often spent on meaningless tasks.
The supervisor threatens subordinates with their salary and benefits and verbally humiliates them. (Sometimes, the supervisor's own professional competence needs improvement.) You do things according to the supervisor's instructions, but when problems arise, all responsibility is pushed onto you. Sometimes there are no clear instructions or ideas; you have to keep revising the work until the supervisor likes it. (I suspect the supervisor did not have any ideas at the time either and simply did not like it.)
The salary is okay.
The QA, PE, and IE managers in Kunshan, mainland China, have very poor emotional management skills and low EQ. They become furious over the smallest things, and their emotional management skills are no different from those of babies—babies also cry loudly whenever they are hungry or feel unwell. Those who like a low-EQ culture might consider applying for jobs that involve business trips to Kunshan.
Also, the managers in mainland China will not treat you like a normal person; they will only treat you as a slave they can order around at will. This may be subjective, but people interested in working at the Kunshan plant can experience it for themselves and see whether they are managed as slaves or treated as indispensable, outstanding talents within the company.