Over 50 percent of Taiwanese employees polled in a recent survey expressed their willingness to be relocated to China, despite reports of stiff competition from mainland counterparts, a local magazine reported yesterday.
The survey -- conducted by Cheers magazine, a sister publication of CommonWealth magazine (天下雜誌) -- polled over 11,000 local workers from a variety of industries. In response to the poll results, one executive from an online job bank warned that getting a job in China and keeping one, are two different things.
"If Taiwanese working in China fail to build up their competitiveness within two to three years, their mainland colleagues may edge them out and [eventually] replace them," said Rocky Yang (楊基寬), president of 104 Job Bank.
The reason is simple -- money.
"Mainland employees' salaries are 10 to 20 times less than their Taiwanese superiors," said Frank Lin (林福謙), chief finance officer of the Wistron Group (緯創資通公司) at yesterday's press conference held to announce the survey results.
However, Paul Chou (卓正欽), senior vice president of human resources at Compal Electronics Inc (仁寶電腦), yesterday said that many China-based Taiwan companies have greatly cut down their subsidies for relocating Taiwanese employees "by 60 percent to 70 percent." "Cutting back costs is an inevitable trend [in China]," Chou insisted.
Some employers include a "sunset clause" in contracts, greatly disadvantaging Taiwanese working in China. The stipulation usually entails staffers getting forced to choose between early retirement and serious salary cuts.
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