A recent survey of workers throughout Asia shows that the Taiwanese are the most dissatisfied with their jobs -- with staff in Hong Kong and China close behind.
According to the employee commitment survey conducted by Hong Kong-based Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), 13 percent of Taiwanese surveyed do not feel like "part of the family" in the companies they work for -- the highest degree of dissatisfaction in Asia.
Another 15 percent say their employer does not deserve their loyalty and one-third of all respondents felt no sense of attachment to their current employer.
The survey of 1,676 Asian workers also points out Taiwan has more in common with Hong Kong and China than many wish to admit: Workforces in the the three regions are by far the most disgruntled.
One local job seeker agreed with the survey findings, saying employers in Taiwan need to treat workers more fairly.
"In most companies, workers are treated like equipment, not resources," said Sonia Chang (
"Once you sign a contract, [employers] think they own you. You end up doing a lot of extra work and putting in a lot of overtime ... and employees in Taiwan never get overtime pay."
Chang said few Taiwanese workers complain about long hours or ask for extra pay because they don't want to lose promotion opportunities or lose their jobs.
"When the boss asks you to do something, you do it," she said. "There is no argument and nobody says no. People would rather change jobs than complain."
According to AMI, research has shown that employee commitment is the key component in their willingness to be part of the company's success.
In fact, the research points to a direct correlation between workers' sense of commitment and their motivation to work hard at the same company over the long haul.
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But in Taiwan, managers value employees little, at least in the eyes of many workers here. As a result, according to the survey, workers do not feel committed to stay at the same job.
The tendency among local workers to change jobs regularly, in turn, has often caused employers here to label them as disloyal.
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"But I think we found a way to keep them," he said. "We pay them a lot more money."
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