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

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
3.0
Sep 20, 2023

average

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

the 3 days on 3 days off scheduele is great. if your in plant 2 theres a cafeteria thats open all day. pay is good.

Cons

alot of cons. first of all the company invests 0 money in the equiptment in the plant. the equiptment is constantly out of order and you spend all day fixinf it or doing things by hand because the equiptment never works. they make millions but wont invest in equiptment that works. 6 people have to share a hand bander in packout because only 1 works at any given time. autobander never works. lots of favoritism in upper management they single out certain people and will do anything they can to get you in trouble. lots of snitching too. also your not allowed to have water on the shop floor so you have to leave your station and walk across the building to get a drink wich is dumb considering hipot dumps water everywhere on a regular basis. restrooms in the building arent big enough for the amount of people working here either so good luck getting in one. also the whole "made in america" speel is bs. asembled in america yes but the frames come from taiwan,the screws from china,and the glass from japan. also unless you suck up to the supervisors you wont get promoted. people that suck up to them but are terrible at there jobs get instant promotions but all the hard workers are stuck doingf the same thing constantly

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First Solar Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We’d appreciate the opportunity to discuss your concerns. Please email jobs@firstsolar.com and we will be sure to get you in touch with a First Solar team member that handles the topics you mentioned in the cons section above.
2.0
Sep 19, 2023

Not a good fit

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The schedule, 4 and 3

Cons

Terrible terrible leadership, zero understanding how to fix their 14% retention rate. I walked past daily, senior management and never not once had 1 of them come up and introduce themselves.

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First Solar Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We’d appreciate the opportunity to discuss your concerns. Please email jobs@firstsolar.com and we will be sure to get you in touch with a First Solar team member that handles the topics you mentioned in the cons section above.
1.0
Apr 8, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You will get exposed to running a lot of equipment.

Cons

Most technicians have college degrees but are expected to just operate tools with little input. The job amounts to completing tasks. There is no possibility to advance without a PhD.

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First Solar Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We appreciate your feedback and it’s unfortunate that your experience has not met your expectations. We’d love the opportunity to resolve your concerns. Please email jobs@firstsolar.com and we will be sure to get you in touch with a First Solar team member that can help resolve these concerns.
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