Huawei Technologies Reviews

Pros

good management
good environment
talent group member

Cons

Too tired, so much work to do

Advice to Senior Management

maybe provide more bonus

Pros

challenging and exciting; never a dull moment; great for someone full of energy and with a positive attitude

Cons

workload can be intense and may be challenging to achieve work-life balance for an extended period of time

Advice to Senior Management

a more north american leveel of transparency in communication may be beneficial

Pros

learn new things in a short time
travel abroad getting experiences
make money before you get skilled in job

Cons

no respect shown from management
no holiday allowed when busy
no overtime pay considered
no promotion space for non-Chinese

Advice to Senior Management

show more humanity towards common workers
perform reforms against current internal stock option system
allow more local people join the administrative teams

Pros

Good reward for hard work.
Exposure to large networks and mobile network technologies including 3G/4G/LTE.
Work with sufficient positive pressure to push you learn more and experience more.

Cons

Sometimes forced to work over time to meet the dead line. Office politics for being Chinese company. Not a good work environment for non chinese speaker.

Advice to Senior Management

Localization is very important. Documentation must be greatly improved to compete with other vendors such as Cisco and Juniper. Thanks.

Pros

Good Pay, variable component is always paid, and increased bonuses as you go up the ladder.
Job rotation is taken up seriously
Excellent place for freshers to learn - cases reported that ex-freshers with 2 yrs are taken in by competitors without even interviews!

Cons

Management needs a reality check in terms of treating people
Facilities are still stuck in the 18th century - there needs to be a great revolution to bring about a change.

Pros

You will be able to accomplish a lot of things and be given a lot of responsibilities. The opportunity to meet a lot of amazing talented individual internal and externally.

Cons

There isn't much work life balance. it's pretty much work work work, so if you are into that type of role, then go for it. From a cultural stand point, it is definitely more Chinese as it is an Asian firm.

Advice to Senior Management

More work life balance would suit employees well. Also, more north american born senior leaders can also be helpful in helping new employees to adapt.

Pros

Great company globally, product portfolio is 2nd to no other company, long term future to hire US employees very high

Cons

company culuture is very international, this is a local / global company

Pros

It has a lot of projects

Cons

Lack of organization inside the company

Advice to Senior Management

Internal communication have to be improved

Pros

Lots of opportunities to get involved in multiple range of project in short period of time. Fast moving business, aggressive marketplace . Good place for people with no / little experience.

Cons

No chances of career growth. Local management has no power of decision/ execution due to Heavily centralization on Headquarters. No localization according to marketplace. HQ expects every region to be handled like a third world country for both employees and customers. Low Business ethics, employees are expected to provide confidential information from previous employers, or friends working at competitors. Chinese Management motivates employees based on fear. Public Humiliation is documented as a punishment for violation of rules.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to Listen to employees experience dealing with Local Market. North American market will not adjust to the chinese way of doing business.

Pros

Good Place for Freshers to Learn, test & enhance their skills.
You can be an asset for any other company if you have worked in Huawei for 2 to 3 Years
Salary OK, Very Aggressive in Marketing their own Products

Cons

Very Poor work life Balance.
Not Good for experienced people, slow growth in mid level Management.
Poor Project Planning, Average Managers, Unrealistic Schedules.

Advice to Senior Management

Primarily driven by Decisions from HQ( China), Very Little control with Indian Management.