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Read the community guidelinesHaving your own seat
Other than having your own seat, I really can't think of any advantages.
The company has no future.
Low pay.
Rigid Japanese-style corporate practices.
There is a one-hour lunch break, with the lights turned on and the bell rung promptly at 12:59.
The supervisor thinks that if you're not at your seat, you're slacking off; even when you go to the restroom, you have to hurry back.
The work schedule only comes out in the last few days of the preceding month, and the supervisor still considers this perfectly normal.
If you need to switch shifts while on duty, you will also be questioned and challenged for not following the rules.
If you take Monday off, you'll be lectured about it on Friday.
Really awesome.
The above refers to the panel department at Hsinchu Taiyuan; I'm not sure about the ALD department.