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Read the community guidelines1. Colleagues at the Dacun plant get along very well.
2. If you’re very interested in automation, you can learn a lot about it here and also get hands-on experience with many types of equipment.
3. The salary is negotiable.
4. Overtime pay is available and can be exchanged for compensatory time off (dinner can be claimed for overtime).
5. Free lunch.
6. No uniform required.
7. Regular salary adjustments.
8. There are occasional small activities during holidays.
9. Taking leave is not made difficult.
1. It’s very rural—right next to Da-Yeh University.
2. There may be layoffs at any time.
3. The workplace is relatively unfriendly to newcomers at first, and senior colleagues can be somewhat cold (this improves over time).
4. There is an annual bonus, but no bonuses for other holidays.
5. Performance is evaluated based on the number of overtime hours.
6. There are frequent video-based training courses that must be completed, which is very annoying.
7. Benefits available at the main plant are not available at the Dacun plant.
8. Many in-person training courses are held at the main plant.
9. Everyone at the Dacun plant is a “stick.”
How to optimize supply chain management processes and supplier control
Cost optimization
The space inside the plant is large and comfortable
Veteran colleagues speak very bluntly to each other
Disposable-chopsticks company: if you're useful, you continue to be kept; if not, you're kicked out
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A foreign-company exterior, but the bones of a stereotypical Taiwanese employer. They like to trick people into joining first, then throw them away like disposable chopsticks. The work atmosphere is terrible; whoever joins is in for bad luck.
There are many women, but too many monks and too little porridge. Once you join, you'll know which group is the hungriest.
The work is unstable! When there are orders, you'll work crazy overtime. When there are no orders, get ready for an endless vacation. There is no system to speak of—it’s completely a one-person dictatorship! There is no cleanroom equipment, yet they demand cleanroom-level requirements. It’s not zero workplace injuries! Rather, they don’t allow injury reports. This is the first time I’ve heard of people wearing flip-flops to work, supposedly for anti-static protection~ If you’re applying, please be mentally prepared. Fortunately, I left early.
The position has been open for a long time, so they seem to be short-staffed and really need someone with your talents.
After verbally notifying me that I had been hired, they went back on their word and said the position was not currently urgent. The HR team went back on its word, and the company lacks decision-making ability and has absolutely no credibility. It is a fake foreign company, so think twice before going.
Pros
13 months of guaranteed annual salary
Being one minute late only results in a deduction equivalent to one minute's pay
Lunch is fairly decent; at least you can eat your fill
No need to wear a uniform
Overtime can be claimed and reimbursed based on actual expenses
Cons
1. Even though it is an American company, the fact that the boss is still a traditional Taiwanese local affects the organizational culture and atmosphere. In some business groups, you practically have to address senior executives by their titles, so it does not feel like an American company. Instead, there is a sense of bureaucracy and rigidity.
2. Factory mindset: cost cutting. Support-unit staffing is reduced wherever possible, and department managers also regard this as a performance indicator. They do not intend to add staff, so everyone's workload is quite heavy on average. Simply put, it exploits frontline workers.
3. The work lacks structure. From new-employee training to job responsibilities, there are no written reference documents or mentor system. If this were a startup, I would have no objection, but this is a large company with enormous output.
4. Following from point 2, because reducing costs is the ultimate goal, do not expect department managers to spend money buying tools—whether software or hardware—for employees to use.
5. There is no system for delegating authority, and lower- and mid-level managers often have no decision-making power at all. Work progress often needs to be reported up three or four levels, and if someone along the way does not like your output, you have to start all over again. Very inefficient.
6. Horizontal communication between departments is poor, and the same is true between business groups. If you need to work across departments, you will often feel extremely frustrated.
Personal thoughts: It is very easy to feel lost here. The workload is not necessarily huge, but the frustration at work is severe. The salary is not much higher than at other companies in Taichung. If your abilities allow it, rather than coming here, you would be better off pursuing opportunities in the Central Taiwan Science Park.
Conclusion: Do not come here unless you have a reason to.
An Apple downstream supplier, suitable as a stepping stone for gaining experience
The supervisor who looks like Gian from Doraemon will come over and ask whether XXX can cooperate with the company by taking unpaid leave?
Screenshot of the contents of the unpaid leave agreement: http://imgur.com/a/qA5K4
Taking unpaid leave to one's heart's content—no picture, no truth
1. Guaranteed annual salary equivalent to 13 months’ pay
2. If you are 10 minutes late, only 10 minutes’ worth of pay is deducted; no leave request is needed if you are within 30 minutes late
3. No morning exercises are required, and employees do not have to wear uniforms
4. Work performance is evaluated based on the quality of “reports & experiments” as part of the annual performance review
5. A particularly generous amount of unpaid leave, suitable for people who like taking time off; the Lunar New Year holiday is extended every year, with 6 extra days off this year
6. Salary is negotiable; those with experience working at research institutions earn approximately NT$50,000–65,000 per month
7. Overtime can be claimed for overtime pay, up to approximately 40 hours; overtime beyond 40 hours is replaced with compensatory leave
1. Severe infighting among senior management and frequent changes in supervisors; today it may be Zhang 3 and tomorrow Li 4, so you need to adapt to different management styles
2. Quarterly bonuses have been changed from being paid quarterly to once a year, and are paid only when the company makes a profit
3. You must sign an “unpaid leave” clause on your first day
4. When entering or leaving different plants, you must clock in and obtain a supervisor’s signature
5. High earners are more likely to be laid off; the upside is that they can apply to the government for a subsidy equal to 60% of their monthly salary for six months
6. Employees with higher salaries may see their monthly pay reduced significantly when there is a lot of unpaid leave
It’s best not to apply for a research and development position; once you join, the company’s KPI management will drive you crazy.
Managers are all arrogant and look down on people. The company makes so much money yet is only willing to give employees crumbs—a fake foreign company with a Taiwanese management style.