Employee opinion survey

In addition to providing employees with a grievance venue, D-Link collected employees’ opinions through employee satisfaction and engagement surveys to create a more friendly workplace environment. The 2021 employee satisfaction and engagement survey was launched in early 2022, with a completion rate of 35.58% and a satisfaction score of 68/100; the 2022 employee satisfaction and engagement survey was launched in December 2022 and completed in January 2023. The survey was conducted anonymously and included eight aspects including supervisor, colleagues, work, salary, development, corporate culture, engagement and overall satisfaction. The survey completion rate of 71.5% and a satisfaction score of 77.2/100. The 2023 employee satisfaction and engagement survey was initiated in December 2023 and completed at the end of December 2023. The survey was conducted anonymously, covering nine aspects: supervisor, colleagues, work, salary, development, corporate culture, professionalism, sustainable operations and overall satisfaction. The completion rate was 72.1%, and a satisfaction score of 75.3/100 (4.52/6) .
In December 2024, the Human Resources Department conducted the Employee Satisfaction and Engagement Survey through the third-party survey platform — 104 Employee Satisfaction Survey System, targeting all 450 employees at the time. The survey was conducted anonymously and adopted a six-point scale for answers. The survey covered satisfaction and engagement. The satisfaction covers seven aspects : “Supervisors”, “Colleagues”, “Work”, “Compensation”, “Developments”, “Corporate Culture”, and “Sustainable Management”. The engagement covers “Value Alignment”, “Commitment”, and “Retention Intention”. The completion rate of the survey was 73.8%, an increase of 1.7% from last year; the effective completion rate was 67.3%, an increase of 1.3% from last year. Of which, the score of the “supervisor” aspect of the entire company increased by 2.12% from the previous year, and the growth of the “work guidance” increased to 2.75%, demonstrating that the internal training courses were effective for improving the management ability of the supervisor team.
Based on the results of this survey, the Company will continue to improve in the following three aspects in the future :
  • Continuous optimization of the Company’s salary and benefits system : In addition to the annual salary adjustment plan, retention incentives, and new restricted employee shares, the Company assesses the feasibility of other remuneration systems based on the Company’s ability to afford. In addition, the Company will continuously improve and enhance employee benefits through diverse communication channels to understand the needs of employees.
  • Continuous promotion of internal communications, arrangement of the Company’s supervisors and colleagues to engage in diverse forms of interaction and communication, and enhancement of the employees’ understanding of the Company’s business philosophy, development direction, and organizational culture through activities, company gatherings, games, and meetings.
  • Regarding employees’ development, the Company will continue its internal assessment, training, promotion, and rotation systems. It will also advance succession planning and talent reserves across all management levels, including frontline supervisors, and encourages employees to take on rotational roles as needed to fulfill both employees’ development and the Company’s long-term talent sustainability.

Employee Well-being

The work-life balance for employees is most important to D-Link, and taking care of each employee has been our on-going commitment. We hold workplace safety and health seminars from time to time, offer regular medical examinations to monitor employees’ health, and on-site nursing staff to provide the latest health information. A fully-equipped gym with shower facilities in our office building are also free to employees for usage.

Freedom of Association

D-Link respects every employee’s right to freedom of association and the right to form a union according to law. To establish a friendly and smooth communication channel to protect the rights and interests of employees, the Company has set up a labor-management meeting, an employee welfare committee, an employee suggestion box, and an employee complaint channel (general complaints and workplace sexual harassment complaints). Since December 2022, to provide multiple channels for employees to express their ideas and suggestions, the “Date with Supervisors” campaign has been arranged, so that the Company can also better understand the opinions of employees, and then reach a consensus through discussions. Organized 3 sessions of “Date with Supervisor” events, with a total of 28 employees participating in 2024. There was no material reported cases in 2024, thus, reporting to the Board was not required.

Protection for Female Employees

D-Link adheres to all relevant gender equality regulations for female employees. We offer private nursing rooms, maternity leave, flexible working hours (start time 8:00 to 9:30 AM, end time 5:00 to 6:30 PM), and paid family leave superior to the regulations to help female employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.
D-Link ensures gender equality in recruitment and promotion, with no bias based on gender. The proportion of female employees has continued to grow annually, increasing from 45% to 46.7% over the past 3 years—an increase of 1.7%. In addition, female managerial officers35 now account for 50% of all managerial positions. Moving forward, D-Link will continue to increase the representation of women in both managerial roles and the overall workforce to achieve substantive gender equality.
In 2024, 55 new employees were hired, and in terms of gender ratio distribution, the percentage of female new employees was 0.2% higher than that of male new employees. Additionally, the total number of resignations in the year was 115, the percentage of males was 1.8% higher than that of females.

Labor Standards

D-Link has not experienced any incidents of non-compliance with labor standards resulting in penalties in the year of 2024.