nLIGHT Reviews

Pros

Great people and work environment. Laser technology is exciting and highly technical with lots of interesting challenges and opportunities. Great place to develop wafer fab and optoelectronics experience. While it's listed on nasdaq, still feels quite small and flexible. Not afraid of people who want to innovate and really move the needle. Recognition for good or hard work. Balance of work and life is manageable and flexible. Generally, management values technical advancement and input from technical staff. Get to work in a production line that is open for engineering changes. Upper management aren't afraid to seek input from Lower level staff. Compensation is fair and health benefits are pretty good. Felt largely safe with respect to covid. G

Cons

High turnover of production staff makes the environment challenging. High power lasers is a very rapidly changing market meaning that the projects and initiatives change quickly. Not enough pto. Old equipment that needs time to keep working.

Pros

The benefits are okay nothing special. Otherwise there’s nothing really positive about working here.

Cons

RUN.... Where do I start? Based off of my experience working here I would say it was miserable, out of all my jobs that I’ve had which is like 8 this would be the worst place I’ve worked at. Unprofessional, and disrespectful. Last minute changes without you knowing, will treat you like a high schooler, literally it seemed like a high school project. The manager was not involved in the team, team lead has a Napoleon complex, talks down to you and treats you like a kid. No training material learn as you go and have to do everything their way otherwise it’s wrong even if there is another way of doing it that’s more effective. No work/life balance.

Pros

The only pro from them is their spacious break room in their Camas location is top tier. It was the old Sharp back in the 90s. The semi-annual bonus program is okay.

Cons

I had a coworker constantly micromanaging me which was the reason why I left. Very low pay. No promises on getting promoted or going up the career path. The 12-hour shifts and getting up at 4 am 3-4 days a week are pretty rough.

Pros

+Most lower level people are friendly +Fun challenges to solve +Semi-Flexible schedule/location (wfh) with certain positions

Cons

-Bad pay -more senior and higher-ups downplay and gaslight your abilities -Only way to get promoted is to work on a "High-Visibility" program regardless of what else you do -Refusal to change/update their processes

Pros

Decent pay for the work

Cons

Really bad middle management. Not good

Pros

Clean company friendly people nice atmosphere

Cons

would like more money doesn't pay enough for the living expenses in the area

Pros

Good benefits matching 401k up 5%

Cons

Bullying, double standards depending on what country you come from. You will have to work a lot of overtime. You will get little recognition for your work. Will break you down until you quit. You are under paid and will have no direction for the tasks that are required for this job. It has a quit culture that is driving employees out.

Pros

Growing with a lot of potential

Cons

I didn’t have any complaints