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      First Solar

      Engaged Employer

      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

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Senior management

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      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
      4.0
      Jun 10, 2012

      Entrepreneurial opportunity - second time around!

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      High caliber associates, "topgrading" hiring process, generally highly supportive culture. Leading company in unitlity-scale solar electric plants (own 67% of the 100MW+ market). Innovation leader in driving down the cost of solar electricity. Great potential for expansive future growth, once we make it through the transition to (larger) unsubsidized markets.

      Cons

      Significant risk from several factors: Chinese competition (with deep pockets willing to operate at a loss to drive out competitors.),

      5.0
      Apr 25, 2021

      Enjoyable working experience

      It program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good company. Excellent benefits. Good teammate

      Cons

      Lousy MES system. MES moved under Engineering department. Lost IT trademark. MES management biased within MES team. Only takes care on certain employees within team

      2.0
      May 24, 2012

      Good products and some really good people, but bad management is killing the company

      Project engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very challenging - "sink or swim" - fast paced and high energy environment. Some very knowledgeable and capable people that you can learn from. Very dynamic and fluid atmosphere, with full compliment of productivity tools. New CEO seems to know what he is talking about and has a good strategy moving forward.

      Cons

      No work-life balance Cronyism abounds at high levels, which completely undermine the talent. Change is the name of the game Poor communication and coordination throughout the organization It may be too late to save the company from its downward spiral

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