First Solar reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(684 total reviews)
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Mark Widmar

86% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

First Solar has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 684 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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684 reviews
5.0
Oct 23, 2013

Outstanding Top Flight Company

Recommend
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Pros

Fast pace, great people. Only hire the best of the best. Growing, challenging, interesting.

Cons

Over worked, stressed, people, who are away from home much of the time. Tough on relationships.

3.0
Aug 12, 2013

Overall a good company to work for when company/industry is doing well

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Still company small enough, hence opportunities exists at engineer and group leader levels

Cons

HR is disorganized. Senior management are not connected with focus needed at group levels.

4.0
Jul 21, 2013

Good Company

Recommend
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Pros

Good company with competitive compensation. Great group of individuals to work with and they are concerned with your happiness.

Cons

With the current solar market and a lot of head count reduction in the last year, it is easy to stress about job security.

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