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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).

      Reviews by job title

      683 reviews
      5.0
      Mar 9, 2025

      Satisfaction

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      This is the best company I worked so far

      Cons

      Don't have much, just a bit of

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      First Solar Response
      1y
      Thank you for the review! We are happy to see you've had a good experience overall!
      2.0
      Mar 6, 2025

      Employment at FS

      Development engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I worked on projects with a mix of teams that all were smart and approachable people to work with. Any challenges we faced, most of them were nice enough to work together to resolve the issues rather than point fingers at each other.

      Cons

      The above-mentioned project was canceled and they broke the news to us just before everyone went on vacation towards the end of the year. One would think they had their next steps detailed out and that's why they broke the news all of a sudden. But no. They were as clueless as the audience. The management has a 5-year and 10-year plan on where they want to be, competing with other solar manufacturers out there (especially Chinese), but they have no clue what the next month, the next quarter, or the next year should look like. They had near zero idea of the next steps to be taken and they had no pieces put in place before they decided to make a bold move of pivoting to a completely new direction. Zero communication between different teams and also from upper management to the teams. I have seen 2-3 teams work on the same task without even knowing the other team is doing the same.

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      First Solar Response
      1y
      Thank you for the review. We appreciate insight and feedback provided by associates. If you'd like to share more on your experience at First Solar, please reach out to us at jobs@firstsolar.com.
      5.0
      Feb 23, 2025

      Great place to work

      Warehouse supervisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great schedule, great people to work with, not hard labor and opportunity to advance.

      Cons

      12 hour shifts aren't for everyone.

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      First Solar Response
      1y
      Thanks for the review! We are glad your experience has been mostly positive overall.
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