First Solar reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

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Mark Widmar

86% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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4.0
Jan 9, 2019

good company to work

Recommend
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Pros

flexible working hour, good team work

Cons

management need to be improved, planning is always changing

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First Solar Response
7y
Thank you for the review! We are glad you are having a positive experience overall! We are always looking for ways to continuously improve so if you'd like to share more insights please feel free to email jobs@firstsolar.com.
3.0
Jul 31, 2018

Nice to work temporarily

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good Work culture and fun environment

Cons

Less promotions and no space to growth.

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First Solar Response
7y
Thank you for your review and feedback. We appreciate both the positive and negative feedback. We’d love the opportunity to resolve your concerns. Please email jobs@firstsolar.com and we will get you in touch with a representative that will assist.
1.0
Mar 28, 2018

Do not trap your self here

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Pros

Low work load No scientific/ fundamental understand needed. If you are someone who has no motivation and just want to take a paycheck home - THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE! Yes, company has money but only because of the first movers advantage. Advantage is fading rapidly.

Cons

Low pay - salary may look good at start but you won’t get much raises so it will soon become negative in a couple of years Thick/rife politics - you will only be promoted if you are ready to get a brown nose. (This goes from sr vp all the way to a low level manager) Merit doesn’t matter! Nickel and dime every thing , absolutely everything - most of the things are not even worth mentioning. Company is very short sighted, changes plans and direction every single day. The management calls it “being agile”... well, it’s clear the company have no vision. Very poor internal promotion structure - as mentioned, if you are not a “YES” man, you won’t do good here. I have worked here for 6 yrs and recently, a high level director with backbone left the company because the management wanted him to be spineless - company is loosing a lot of employees and has very high attrition rate because of management dishonesty (tell you one thing and do opposite) Unfortunately, I still work here because this area doesn’t have any jobs - I have kids who will soon be out of school and I will be out of this trap.. until then, I will have to just suck it up (lots of ppl here who do the same and have no motivation to work- their motivation has been killed by the level of management) Not an innovative work environment.

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First Solar Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. I am very sorry to hear that you experience has not been meeting your expectations. We value your feedback and would appreciate the opportunity to further discuss and try to resolve your concerns. Please email jobs@firstsolar.com and we can set something up. Thank you.
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