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Canadian Solar reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(222 total reviews)
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Shawn X. Qu

70% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Canadian Solar has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 222 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Canadian Solar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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222 reviews
1.0
May 13, 2015

Line worker

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people working on line are nice and factory is clean.

Cons

The worst job I have ever had! They pay minimum wage, standing in same spot on factory line for 12 hours everyday all day is very painfu and boringl. Never given 25 cent raise as promised every 3 months. The management is very lazy and mean, always yelling at people to work faster, calling them stupid and lazy. Factory stinks of chemicals and is very noisey and hot. If you are injured from constant repetitive, excessive physical demands and call in sick, you are fired and WSIB does not pay for you to recover. Most employees are Chinese immigrants that do not speak English and feel trapped and most people quit after a month, very high turnover.

1.0
Apr 11, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-competitive pay -relaxed and easy enviroment

Cons

-unethical business practices -unprofessional management -racist people (if you have an office in Canada, learn to respect Canadian culture else you would not be able to survive for long) -no future growth -Engineering directors have poor performance resulting in poor team

1.0
Apr 1, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This company accepts everyone that applies... to its factory jobs.

Cons

As per title, the management is hectic, conflict of interest and the lack of cooperation between the head office in China and the management here in Canada is jarring. And the feeling filters down to the bottom level employees, who are very often at a loss as to what to do and who to listen to. People are promoted to better positions not based on merit of experiences or skills, but rather, how apt you are at sucking up to your immediate supervisor. Automatic raises at intervals are denied based on, not how well the company is doing, but rather, whether your supervisor "likes" you. And for those whom the supervisor cannot tame into a complete yes-man, that means you'll be denied promotions and wage increase (allegedly automatic), for completely arbitrary reasons. The HR department defines the word useless. And problem you bring to these people and you'd get a glorified come-the-hell-down speech. And that will be the end of the matter. Internal job postings are fake, people were chosen for a certain job beforehand, (again, suggested by their supervisors), and posting them is merely a gesture, a procedure to be followed.

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