統一數位翻譯股份有限公司

The colleagues get along quite well.

The salary is split into minimum wage + signing bonus + overtime pay. This means the employer will steal from workers’ labor and health insurance coverage and overtime pay, while also being able to threaten to sue you for breach of contract at any time.

The working hours are extremely long, with no overtime pay. The company’s second-generation heir shows very little respect for employees, spending all day sending emails angrily berating people and things they dislike. Staff turnover is extremely high.

Rats are rampant. The first thing to do at work every day is clean up rat droppings from the desk.

1. The work environment is good

2. There are bonuses paid three times a year (only a few hundred dollars each)

3. Free dinner is provided when working overtime past 7:30 p.m.

4. If working overtime past 10 p.m., you can take a taxi for free. If you commute by scooter, you can also take a free taxi to work the next day, with no limit on cost or distance.

5. If working overtime past 10 p.m., a dinner allowance of 250 is provided. Meals, fuel, and stationery purchased outside can all be reimbursed; any unused amount expires after two months.

6. After working a certain amount of overtime, you receive overtime bonuses and honorary leave.

7. There is a free team dinner every one or two months. The level of the dinner is decided by the supervisor.

8. The company provides basic training courses

1. After passing the probationary period, you must sign a confidentiality agreement, renewed annually. If you leave before completing one year of employment, you must pay the company 12 months’ salary.

2. There are an overwhelming number of cases, effectively forcing employees to work overtime because they can never be completed. You must be on standby 24 hours a day; if there is a problem with a case after work or while you are on holiday at home, you must immediately connect remotely from home to handle it.

3. In addition to the large number of cases, there are even more miscellaneous tasks.

4. If you work overtime past midnight, you may arrive at the company one hour late the next day, but the 250 dinner allowance will be canceled.

5. Handling a case requires cross-departmental cooperation, but the conflicts among the company’s departments and teams are extremely serious, and assistants often become cannon fodder.

6. When a supervisor does not do their work, the assistant has to work almost to death. Reporting it to the company or department does not bring any change; things will probably improve for only one or two weeks.

7. When resigning, if you have not received a performance bonus—whether for one, two, or six months—it becomes the company’s property.

8. The salary includes 40 hours of overtime pay, so there is no additional overtime pay unless you exceed 40 hours. Even if you do not reach 40 hours, you still receive the money.

- Most colleagues are easy to get along with

- Diverse culture, with many foreigners in the company

- The office is bright and clean, and cleaned regularly

- Only after being hired are you informed that it is a contract-based position, with a minimum one-year commitment

- Low base salary; a large portion of the pay consists of bonuses under various names

- Overtime pay is already included in the salary structure; reporting overtime only gets you $50 per hour

- The boss does not respect employees much, encourages overtime, and has overly pronounced political views

- You may be assigned an official company phone and be required to answer test calls every day, year-round; if you miss one, the boss will berate you

- If you accidentally forget to clock in or fail to follow the rules (whether existing or announced on short notice), you will be fined

- After borrowing a meeting room for a meeting and attending to visitors, even when already very busy, you still have to submit posts for social media

- You may be harassed by the boss, supervisors, or clients at any time, all year round

- You may be assigned to clean out the refrigerator or work weekend shifts about once every year or so (with no overtime pay)

This was my interview experience before becoming a translator.

At first, the company's attitude was very good, and their processing speed was not slow either.

Once you finish the test translation and send the file back, they simply disappear.

The scheduled time had already passed, and even after I emailed them to notify and remind them, they did not reply at all.

I have heard that some companies give translators current translation work as a test translation,

then use the translation as a reference. If it is translated well, they may even use it themselves.

In other words, they get a free translation document.

I completely felt that they obtained the translation through this despicable method.

There are many projects available.

I am a freelance translator who takes on outsourced projects, so I have to cater to the people assigning the work at the company and make sure I don't upset them. If the person assigning the work becomes unhappy, they may tell you they no longer need you even when you're only halfway through the translation......... In the end, even the résumé registered in the system may be blacklisted......

Basically, as long as your interview performance isn’t bad, you’ll be hired. If you have the willingness and ability, you can coast on the salary for a few years.

All the benefits you’d expect are provided, the office is fully equipped, and the environment is comfortable.

It’s contract-based, so people with career plans can join to hone their skills.

If you think you’ve joined a fairly sizable company, you should seriously reconsider.

1. You have to rotate through a half-day shift on Saturdays, roughly once every two months.

2. Training only covers basic operations; for everything else, you’re on your own and will have to rely on your innate skills.

3. The actual level of attention given to different departments is extremely uneven. Broadly speaking, it depends on whether you can help the company make money; otherwise, no one will take responsibility when something goes wrong.

4. You’ll start getting used to “2200.” Don’t be afraid of being lonely—there are plenty of people keeping you company.

5. Starting salary? Don’t expect such a thing. If you perform well and make a few more gestures, your salary will be adjusted quickly.

6. When there are too many people, all sorts of characters get mixed together, so remember to hide your true nature.

I can’t say too much; it wouldn’t be good if I were recognized.

1. If you can withstand the workload, you can learn some industry terminology.

Strongly recommend that anyone aspiring to work in translation avoid this company!

1. 104 states that it has a two-day weekend, but in practice, employees are required to take turns working Saturdays every six weeks.

2. The rumors are true: the job requires signing a strict confidentiality agreement.

3. Overtime is mandatory and unpaid; you are not allowed to leave the company until you have met the daily quota.

4. With machine assistance, the daily quota is as high as 4,000 words (the supervisor expects 7,000–8,000).

5. There is no formal employee training. The supervisor will correct your translations but will not provide systematic feedback.

6. The salary is approximately 30K.

A very terrible company. They frequently sue employees for no reason and pressure them into signing illegal contracts. There is no signing bonus, and if you leave before completing one year, you will be fined NT$100,000. Every month, records of overtime by each department are circulated, along with records of logging into the company email from home. Those who do not work overtime are scrutinized. At the time, I was even required to log into the company email at home and check for messages when I had nothing else to do. Before I left, the company’s vice president (the owner’s younger brother) and the owner’s wife were fighting intensely. The vice president even emailed all company employees, exposing that the owner’s wife insisted on suing an HR employee who had worked for less than three months, had not yet completed the training period, and had not signed a contract, even though that employee had not committed any work-related misconduct. Previously, this company had also made the news for exploiting workers. http://reader.roodo.com/youthlabor95/archives/8096737.html

The good:

Several hundred to several thousand in the three-festival bonuses

An annual bonus of approximately one month’s salary

The office environment is comfortable and clean

Free dinner when working overtime until 7:30 p.m.

Free taxi ride home when working overtime until 10 p.m.

The starting salary for entry-level translation-related positions is fairly decent.

New employee training courses are provided

The bad:

Resignation must be submitted two months in advance; for managerial positions, employees may even be required to give six months’ notice

One-year renewable contracts; if you do not complete the contract, you must pay a penalty of up to three months’ salary

There is a non-compete clause, but the company does not pay half of the salary to departing employees restricted by the clause as required by the Labor Standards Act

The salary includes “prepaid overtime pay,” so there is no additional overtime pay

Therefore, overtime worked beyond regular hours can only be compensated with time off the following day

Employees other than translators must take turns staffing the front desk at lunchtime and cleaning out the refrigerator on Fridays

Employees must take turns working half-days on Saturdays