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      First Solar

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      First Solar reviews

      3.7

      70% would recommend to a friend

      (683 total reviews)
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      Mark Widmar

      86% approve of CEO

      62% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      First Solar has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 683 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The First 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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      683 reviews
      2.0
      Feb 9, 2017

      Nice 12 years

      Anonymous
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good pay, used to be a tight knit company. Too much nepotism

      Cons

      Screwed out of stock options worth hundreds of thousands,

      2.0
      Jan 23, 2017

      Manufacturer Associate

      Manufacturer associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits at this company and you did get a lot of knowledge working on an assembly/ production line and computers on the machines to run the line but, that is the only pros that I could say about this company as far as what I had the experience of working here.

      Cons

      You were mandatory 12 hour shifts and you only got 2-15 min breaks and a half hour lunch. They treated you like you were a workhorse and when you were short-handed, the supervisors wouldn't lend a hand which made you doing 3 other peoples jobs when you only had time for one job causing low production and then put the blame on the line workers why production wasn't efficient . I am not saying this isn't an ok place to work but, they have issues in management and are in trouble business wise. Also, i have to add that trying to move up in this company is a big ZERO unless you know someone in management or friends with the management no matter how long you are there for or how good of a worker you are.

      2.0
      Jan 11, 2017

      manufacturing associate

      Manufacturing associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      great teamwork environment, great company management team members.

      Cons

      mediocre pay raises for hourly associates with the best annual reviews.

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