USI_環鴻科技股份有限公司

This company is very humane toward “certain people”

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1. Mindless decision-making by senior management

The company has no R&D capabilities but insists on making automotive products. As a result, product yields are extremely low, and customers are allowed to pick through every product one by one.

There are 80 inspection points for a single product… Customers are even allowed to keep using production-line resources to help conduct experiments.

2. Letting customers do whatever they want

When a customer comes in, it usually takes around two months. We serve as their babysitters throughout the entire process, and even have to help them exchange Japanese yen. The customers themselves do not know the specifications, yet we have to “practice swordsmanship with the young master.”

3. Witch-hunting whenever there is a problem

Many issues are systemic, but management will find a way to single out someone as having made the mistake, push all the responsibility onto that person, and account to the customer. Then they can extricate themselves.

4. Cliques are a serious problem

I didn’t know whether I was working or back in high school. Someone would openly flirt with her husband in the office and even set up a position in the department exclusively for him. Everyone had to watch a certain person’s mood.

During major festivals, group-buying orders would be organized, and health supplements were even sold at the company. In order to survive, I also had to reluctantly place an order with that person. I also heard that someone was studying to become an insurance agent. I wonder whether we will have to buy insurance from her in the future to survive.

Although she is only a junior manager, she keeps passing her work off to others. Her little followers will help her, and she will protect them. But if you are not part of her faction, you will be made to suffer terribly.

Everyone dislikes her privately, but they are angry and afraid to speak up.

I heard that every new employee who does not meet her expectations will be given a hard time.

I also don’t know what kind of magic she has that allows the boss to tolerate this behavior.

So whenever I see her group, I avoid them.

The company spends a lot of money on automotive electronics, but customers have been driven away. Many people are hypnotizing themselves into believing that the customers will return at the end of the year.

Very suitable for people who want to coast toward retirement or prepare for exams. It makes no difference if you spend practically the whole day watching stocks, binge-watching dramas, reading novels, smoking, or running a side business. You only need to spend about one or two hours a day handling things, and even if your quarterly performance review is terrible, as long as you don’t cause any major problems, you can still comfortably collect the guaranteed year-end bonus.

People who take their work seriously or are capable should absolutely not come here. This is a textbook case of the more capable you are, the more overworked you’ll be—you just do more and get more exhausted. They only like people who flatter the boss, put on an act, and dodge issues with empty rhetoric. Performance reviews and bonuses are not directly related; don’t assume that getting a good review means you’ll receive a better bonus. As for promotions, they have nothing to do with ability at all—as long as you’re good enough at bragging and flattering, you can get promoted just the same.

"When the timing is right," the starting salary is medium-high, and there are frequent waves of resignations; if you can endure them, you can get a raise.

The good reviews currently available online are all from interviews at the Caotun plant, after which you are directly assigned to the Nangang plant. The Caotun plant is a retirement paradise; the Nangang plant is a frontline battlefield.

The company pays overtime. If you want to have a good life, doing good deeds is indispensable. It goes beyond 996 (including doing good deeds). You must work overtime on weekends and holidays; work whenever a holiday falls on a weekday. A great place for orphans to avoid vacations and save the trouble of being alone with their thoughts.

People constantly come and go; it is completely normal. The company often has people who have worked there for 10 or 20 years being let go—who can they blame when they threaten a supervisor's position? Used and discarded like disposable chopsticks; pitiful.

Many veterans spend all day consolidating their own positions. If you are too capable, you will threaten your supervisor, which means you are not a good employee. You have to make your supervisor feel at ease. If there are other opportunities for promotion, rest assured that your supervisor will help you. Supervisors worry that you will break out of your comfort zone and become too tired, so they will help shape your image and keep you in your comfort zone, where you can be safely coddled.

There are often phantom vacancies: one moment they say they need more people, and the next they say the headcount is full. Unfortunately, I do not have a third eye and cannot communicate with new colleagues.

The company provides enough resources for you to practice becoming a supervisor ahead of time, because supervisors have to give their subordinates opportunities. You inevitably become a switchboard operator, pressing the email-forwarding button until it breaks. Under this open-ended education, it is best not to bother them with anything. Forwarding emails is already tiring enough for them. If you do something poorly, they will also “educate” you by calling you out by name. If you do well, it is the mentor's achievement, and your name will be removed. But remember: supervisors always think of their children and cannot bear to let you leave your comfort zone. If you want to venture out, they will venture out for you first, then share the work with you without reservation so you can practice. You must repay their kindness and show the mentor the utmost respect; this is very important to them.

The supervisor has extensive experience, so whatever they say goes. Even if what they say is wrong, you still have to produce the result using the wrong method. You cannot refuse to follow their method, because you are still inexperienced, while they have spent so many years gaining experience at the company—surely they have their reasons, which you cannot easily comprehend.

The unclear division of work is intended to give employees a broader range of skills, so that in the future they can transfer to any department (maybe? Perhaps they could even open one branch of the Zhongchuan Group by themselves).

The salary is considered medium-high for central Taiwan.

Don't go to the Storage Business Division. Turnover is high, the clients are a pain, and the supervisor is also a joke. More than one person has quit because of the supervisor. What people on PTT say is an easy place to coast until retirement definitely does not apply to this division.

During the interview, be sure to ask which business division is hiring.

The company has a sound organizational structure and is one of the world’s top 20 ODM/EMS companies, offering salaries at the high end among companies in central Taiwan. Although it is located in the rural area of Caotun, Nantou, it has many outstanding talents from various places (they are just relatively low-key). Overall, the atmosphere is harmonious, and the company has abundant resources. The common areas inside the company were recently renovated, with billiards, table tennis, and Xbox available. The activities organized by the employee welfare committee are also quite good!

The management styles of the bosses in different departments vary greatly. If you happen to encounter a boss who is conceited, stubborn, unwilling to listen to good advice, and uses their authority to bully employees, there have even been cases of people resigning within their first week. The company values long-serving employees, and may tolerate mistakes in a misguided attempt to create a harmonious atmosphere. Transportation is not very convenient, and the area around the company is all farmland—people accustomed to living in cities may have difficulty adapting. Before joining, trust your impressions from the interview and ask current employees about the company; otherwise, you may have to wait until you have been employed for two years before getting an opportunity to transfer departments.

Background: Full-time, software R&D engineer / university graduate / 7 years of experience

Salary: 55K (considered above average for the salary level in central Taiwan)

Lunch is partially subsidized. For dinner, there are two options: free meals provided for overtime work or paying for dinner yourself after work. Two days off per week, and annual leave is always implemented in accordance with the Labor Standards Act. The annual salary is equivalent to 16 months (including the three holiday bonuses), which probably 80–90% or more of employees are able to receive. If your performance is better than others’, you can receive an additional 1–2 months’ salary.

The company’s hardware and process capabilities are very strong, but its software capabilities have not kept up with the standards of the previous two areas. As a result, managers find it difficult to fully appreciate the complexity of software, and therefore do not schedule software development timelines appropriately.

Graduates from universities not recognized by the company can only be hired on a contract basis, earning 19,500. Thanks to the company, I learned how to manage my finances.

The company held a spring banquet last year when business performance was good. Full-time employees were fully subsidized, while contract employees had to pay their own way. Contract employees receive none of the benefits. Please think carefully before interviewing.