Yu Hsiu-yu, who has worked at General Instruments Corp. for 22 years and is now in charge of labor relations at the firm, says that twenty years ago workers 'expectations were much lower, and that they never refused to work overtime: "After all, everybody wanted to make a little more money."
在台灣通用器材公司已服務廿二年，現為該公司工會常務理事的游秀玉表示，廿年前勞工生活清苦，大家對工作環境、工作條件的要求也不高；只求填飽肚子，根本不會想到要安排什麼休閒活動，公司如果要求加班也是「來者不拒」，「大家反正都想多賺點錢」，她說。