Nearly half of the people working in the high-tech industry do not want to stay in their jobs because of long working hours and work-related pressure, according to the results of an online survey released yesterday.
The survey, conducted by the online 104 Job Bank, found that 34 percent of respondents with work experience at high-tech companies have left the sector, while another 12 percent said they are planning to quit, making a total of 46 percent of the high-tech workforce that has either already left or is unwilling to stay in the high-tech sector.
In contrast, about 67 percent of workers who have no experience said they would like to work for high-tech companies.
HIGH TURNOVER
To respondents who had never worked in the sector but were interested in doing so, the most popular companies were Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海), the world’s largest contract maker of electronics products, with 49 percent, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), with 47 percent, and Asustek Computer Inc (華碩), with 33 percent.
For workers in the industry, the three companies most people wanted to work for were TSMC, with 44 percent, MediaTek Inc (聯發科), with 32 percent, and HTC Corp (宏達電), with 29 percent.
UNDERPAID
When respondents who had left the high-tech sector were asked why they quit their jobs, 24 percent cited job cuts and furloughs, 23 percent long working hours, 21 percent pointed to stress at work and 21 percent said they were not paid enough for the workload.
Experienced high-tech workers warned that those without high-tech experience should not expect high salaries and benefits (58 percent) from high-tech companies, but should be prepared for long working hours (45 percent) and sudden big job changes (34 percent).
In the view of these respondents, individuals with a background in engineering R&D will be most in demand over the next five years (45 percent) , while the LED industry is expected to become a leading sector (33 percent) during that time.
RISING LED INDUSTRY
The poll, which was conducted on Aug. 10 and Aug. 11, collected 3,002 valid samples, of which 2,000 were from people with high-tech working experience and 1,002 were from those without high-tech experience. The poll came with a confidence level of 95 percent and a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 percent.
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