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Applied Optoelectronics

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Applied Optoelectronics reviews

1.9

18% would recommend to a friend

(19 total reviews)
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Thompson Lin

3% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

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1.0
Mar 7, 2022

Incompetent management and toxic culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Trying to come up some but unable to

Cons

Incompetent management and toxic culture. Authoritarian management style with a strict caste system. Remember that your bosses are always right no matter how ignorant they are. If you are a new or lower rank employee, remember to keep your mouth shut. Otherwise you may be fired. Management don't solve problems but often get rid of the people who uncover the issue. If they have to pick somebody to blame, it is usually the employee with the lowest rank and fewest pay. Employees are generlaly underpaid and overworked. However, they are not rewarded based performance but by relationship. Don't expect promotion if you are not a Taiwanese or asslicker.There are good people but they either don't stay long or they don't get promoted.

2.0
Jan 25, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits. 5 medical plans with a great benefit structure. It's easy to get by here if you just do what you're told. It's a good place to start your professional experience.

Cons

Possibly too many to fit in this box. There is little to no room for advancement unless you speak Chinese. In fact, there is serious discrimination going on here against people who are not Chinese or related to management. The Chinese culture is very overwhelming here. No other culture is allowed to exist or coexist. Cultural or ethnic diversity in a professional role and management is nonexistent. The company and its management does not care about its employees because the CEO does not care about its employees. The CEO and other executive management will NEVER acknowledge your existence. It's so sad to have seen so many people come and go. They don't care about retaining you as an employee. They believe everyone is replaceable, it doesn't matter how many times they have to find replacements. I've warned you. Don't be surprised when you realize it for yourself.

1.0
Apr 29, 2020

Stay away of this company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you are chinese and Taiwanese decent you have lots of pros

Cons

Stay away from this company until you are dying in hunger and not chinese or Taiwanese decent . You already have noticed how one bad virus is making humans life ups and down and pushing the world to recession. This happened due to the lower ethical character and lie that that virus originated country practice. This company has same culture. Because both this company and the virus came from same place ! Why Glassdoor has so many bad reviews about this company- you need to think !

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