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Read the community guidelinesThere are hardly any advantages—just minimal benefits and wages.
OP experience: I found that the supervisors here are all very impatient. They teach you something once, and you’re expected to learn it immediately; otherwise, you get yelled at. There are many different things to test, so you aren’t always assigned to the same work area. It’s very difficult when you first start because you’re frequently moved between stations, making it exhausting to learn. On top of that, some senior employees and a certain female supervisor (the chubby one) are extremely impatient, yet they keep complaining that people are always leaving. If you keep yelling at people and speaking to them so harshly, of course they’re going to quit. The two female supervisors are very poor at communicating—if you ask what something means, you get yelled at. The company’s longtime employees also have a serious tendency to collectively bully employees or new hires they dislike, and they talk recklessly about people behind their backs. They stab others in the back, frequently exclude or make fun of people, and even team up with supervisors to mock them—openly, during work hours. The internal infighting is extremely severe. Most of the company’s employees are women, so the topic is always other people’s gossip. Even the supervisors sometimes don’t understand how to perform an operation when teaching it, yet insist that you didn’t test it properly, and then yell at you. The turnover rate is extremely high: in just three months, more than 10 people have recently left.
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The company feels like it’s about to go under, and the stock price is terrible, terrible, terrible.
The embedded systems manager seems somewhat lacking in ability and only knows how to make empty promises.
RD has low status.
Making card readers and similar devices; not much work.
You don't learn much, and infighting is severe. Managers often engage in internal power struggles and drag subordinates into them.
The number of PMs is almost greater than the number of R&D staff—I have no idea what this strange company is doing...
For those without “nepotistic connections,” the salary is comparable to the starting salary at a traditional manufacturing company.
Managers often engage in internal power struggles and use the people below them as scapegoats.
A colleague was once called in by a manager one afternoon and immediately had their access card taken away (they couldn't get back in as soon as they stepped outside).
They demand that the other person clear out their belongings and leave immediately—and the important thing is, it was pouring rain that day.
If you're applying for a PM position, you might consider joining. No particular expertise or educational background is required; you just need to be able to attend meetings and follow instructions.
If you're applying for an R&D position, I recommend against it. R&D staff aren't valued at this company and are treated as little better than operators.