Taiwan Machinery Manufacturing's workforce has been scattered. Although the first two "kids" to leave the Commission of National Corporations '" family home, "BES Engineering and China Petrochemicals Development Corporation, were able to avoid large-scale redundancies before privatization, they were unable to avoid forced salary cuts imposed by their new owners.
台機員工零落四方，國營會「最早被踢出來的兩個兒子」﹘﹘中華工程公司、中石化公司也好不到哪裡去，即使戰戰兢兢逃過了民營化前的整頓裁員，也逃不過新老闆的鐵腕減薪。