This makes for another worry for SREs: Given the "iron rice bowl" of state employment, the average age of employees is rather high. For example, at Taipower the average age is 43, with almost 20 years of seniority. Over the years, people have had their pay bumped up routinely, so that the average salary now exceeds NT $ 57,000.
這也暴露出國營事業的另一大隱憂：鐵飯碗保障下，員工的平均年齡都偏高，例如台電員工平均年齡四十三歲，平均年資將近二十年；年資久，薪資也水漲船高，平均月薪超過五萬七千元，比全國勞工的三萬五千多元高出甚多。