明源工業股份有限公司

Don't know

I didn't apply at all.

They called me directly to ask about my English proficiency and experience,

and then started nitpicking my experience and educational background.

Completely rude.

Besides, I didn't apply for the position at all.

When they first called me, they didn't even introduce themselves or say what company they were from or what position they were hiring for.

During the interview, I also saw what a predecessor had written and was originally very worried that it might really be like that.

However, before the interview, HR called to conduct an interview, and I asked very clearly about everything I needed to know.

So after joining the company, I haven’t encountered too many issues, and I am still employed there.

The company’s systems are really lacking in various ways compared with those at my previous company.

However, I’ve seen that the company is promoting new systems and revising existing ones.

I feel I can continue working here smoothly.

Infighting, factions, flattering superiors, bureaucracy, being made a scapegoat, stringent benefits, a real employment experience

A real person’s actual employment experience,

Unlawful dismissal, deceptive hiring practices, various forms of suppression, and refusal to cooperate during labor-management mediation, followed by the filing of a lawsuit in court as shown below

(Case No. 3237H1086)

Mediator’s Statement:

I meet the qualifications prescribed in Article 13 of the Regulations Governing Mediation of Labor-Management Disputes and was appointed by the Taichung City Government Labor Affairs Bureau to handle this labor-management dispute mediation case.

II. Claims of the disputing parties—employee’s claims:

(1) The employment period was from September 18, 2023, to August 31, 2025. The employee served as Manager of the Administrative Management Department (place of work: Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China), and the parties agreed on a salary of NT$xxx (same currency below).

(2) The employee was an employee hired by the employer. The company failed to enroll the employee in the required insurance in accordance with the law (the employer’s share of labor and health insurance premiums: xxx), and also failed to contribute 6% to the employee’s labor pension.

(3) The employee was unlawfully laid off by the company in August 2025. Because the company failed to provide insurance coverage as required by law, the employee was unable to apply for unemployment benefits. (4) Requests: 1. Loss of 6% labor pension contributions: xxx.

2. Unpaid labor and health insurance premiums (the employer’s share): xxx.

3. Unemployment benefits: xxx.

4. Certificate of involuntary separation.

(5) The employee presented an electronic employment offer from Ming Yuan Industrial Co., Ltd. Ming Yuan Industrial Co., Ltd. and Yuan Gao Co., Ltd. are parent and subsidiary companies, respectively.

(6) The employer never informed the employee in writing that the overseas company was not covered by labor or health insurance.

(7) The salary was deposited into the account designated by the employee, and the address listed was that of the employer, Ming Yuan Industrial Co., Ltd. (8) The employer has already paid severance to the employee.

(9) Hong Kong Yuan Gao Co., Ltd. was unable to produce a valid employment contract with the employee or proof of tax payment; therefore, the employee denies having an employment contract with Hong Kong.

(10) The employer did not pay the employee’s wages during the employee’s sick leave.

(11) Regular wages during the period of unlawful dismissal.

Factional infighting, doing no real work, falsifying data, extremely harsh

Not disclosed during the interview; overseas assignments are on a 30-day rotation, and you have to work until 8 p.m.

Any absence due to illness is treated as personal leave, even when resting at the factory.

Taking leave on Saturday results in a deduction of two days’ leave.

Does not respect other beliefs (discrimination).

Likes people who flatter them.

The bureaucracy is extremely severe.

Senior management does not accept others’ suggestions and treats those who offer them as thorns in their side.

Family infighting; senior management forms factions.

More than half the day is spent in meaningless meetings.

Likes cumbersome procedures; buying a small wheel takes more than a month.

When something goes wrong, shifts the blame onto subordinates.

The company has a poor reputation in the industry and is very chaotic (as can be seen on YouTube):

https://youtu.be/JgIwWhu8sqM?si=VP4g5KM_snG14omc

The above comments are a genuine review from someone with firsthand experience.

No advantages whatsoever

1. This is the first time I’ve encountered a company requiring dispatched personnel to get from the airport to the plant on their own, while claiming that this is company policy.

2. The entire culture is filled with suspicion.

3. Family members are spread throughout the entire organization.

4. There is absolutely no efficiency, except when it comes to terminating dispatched employees’ contracts.

5. The company does not respect employees’ expertise, preferring to listen to family members.

6. There is absolutely no system in place; everything is governed by personal discretion.

Can't think of any

Mainland-based employees:

1. Working hours are Monday to Saturday, from 08:00 to 20:30. You read that right—from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

2. No labor or health insurance

3. You cannot mention the company's shortcomings

4. No one wants to take over the mainland factory after attempts to sell it; it is currently struggling to survive

5. A one-person-run company with no discernible management system

6. Only the cost of a flight to Hong Kong is covered, calculated based on the lowest fare available that day, and they may still ask you to pay the difference

7. No transportation or subsidy is provided for the journey from Hong Kong to the company; you have to figure it out and pay for it yourself

8. Employment through the Hong Kong company comes with no protections whatsoever

9. HR specializes in targeting Taiwan-based employees; if they take a dislike to you, they will fire you

None

The entire interview process took about two hours, and half of the time was spent listening to the interviewer talk about himself.

When answering questions, the interviewer had his own ideas about every answer.

Even when I answered according to the standard answer, I was still considered not to have addressed the key point.

At first, he said he thought I was good, but when we started discussing salary, he began saying that I had insisted on cutting more than 10,000 off the salary.

He also told me that the person in this position was no longer leaving—so did he think I had a lot of time to spare?

In addition, for the overseas assignment, there was no labor or health insurance, nor any insurance locally.

Later, they said there would be a second interview. After I called to inquire two weeks later, they said there would be no opportunity for a second interview.

It felt like I had gone there just to chat with the interviewer and help him pass the time.