Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Supermicro) reviews

Pretty much everything you have read negative about this company in previous posts is accurate. There is no such thing as a bad hire at Supermicro as it is the feng shui of an office that causes people to go bad. No joke. This is a common belief. The HR department in Building 8 had an office at the end of a row of offices in the AP/AR area where people wouldn't last more than a few months. After 5 people resigned within 2 years that were in that office, a feng shui specialist came in to redo the office. Turnover stayed the same, so the office became storage for about a year. Nobody ever thought for one minute that it was the ineptitude of management that caused employees to run from the company. Nope. When good people resign from Supermicro, it is blamed on bad feng shui, not mismanagement. This is how this company is run. Some buildings, #5 & #6 especially, are like dungeons. Medieval. Meter long cobwebs hang from ceiling tiles and sway in the breeze, at least where there are ceiling tiles. Hallways have flickering lights and all concrete, looking like the set from the movie Saw. There really are signs in the restrooms telling people not to stand/squat on the toilets, yet they still do. Especially in Building 5 as toilet seats need to get replaced periodically, and sometimes they don't get replaced at all. Physical altercations do happen. The Fremont location is kind of a lone wolf. Only the most basic of English is spoken there and it is predominately a mix of Chinese and Vietnamese speaking workers, and they don't speak to each other because they can't. Vietnamese workers often appeal to HR as they feel abused, but nothing is done as the HR department is primarily 100% Chinese as well. Translators are often needed to deal with situations. When things spiral out of control, manufacturing/warehouse workers will fight in the parking lot near the dumpsters. HR is aware of this and it's been happening for years. If you are white and working at Supermicro, chances are you're in sales. Just like in China and Taiwan, white people (laowai for foreigners) are hired and used as the face of the organization to create a sense of importance and seriousness. Supermicro runs on the concept of face, and unless you are of Chinese descent, preferably Han Chinese, you will not have face. Period. Speaking Mandarin won't help you one bit. Not Chinese, no face. Though on American soil, if you are not Chinese, you are a foreigner and treated as such. Nepotism is rampant. If you've been with Supermicro for a long time and are Chinese, chances are your aunt, uncle, cousin, sibling, is at some level of authority in the company and is keeping you there. The incompetence is staggering. For a tech company, computer hardware for office use is outdated. Even after Windows stopped supporting XP, Windows XP is still being used in many areas. Monitors stand on reams of copy paper on people's desks as monitor stands are not standard issue and are near impossible to get unless you pay for your own (you will not be reimbursed). Sometimes the copiers run out of paper and there is no paper supply available, so you have to refill with the paper from your monitor stand and hope purchasing will order more paper. Furniture is old and falling apart. Management doesn't care about setting up workspaces for new hires, so if you do get a job at Supermicro, prepare to spend your first day cleaning crumbs from your keyboard and throwing old snacks and other personal things in the drawers from the previous employee away. It's pretty sad. HR isn't interested in properly on-boarding anybody and neither is management. Wage & Hour laws are hugely ignored. Exempt employees spend much of their time pushing paper and doing administrative tasks that thoroughly erodes their exempt status, while working 60 - 70 hours per week. Non-exempt employees find themselves doing the work of exempt directors and managers due to management's incompetence.