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Good people and solid products, terrible management. - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Power-One

2,0
21 okt 2008
Anonieme werknemer
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

The people! Diverse, intelligent, opinionated and extremely knowledgeable. If you want to be surrounded by people that actually *know* every single thing about power conversion, there's no other place. Power One has many worlds inside itself. If you change from one team to another, is like changing from one company to another, everything is totally different. So if you're bored with one aspect of technology, change to a different group and learn about other stuff without leaving company. The benefits are mostly great (see exceptions at the list of downsides), in special the medical benefits. It is inspiring to work in products that are used by millions of people.

Minpunten

The worst problem we have is our senior leadership. What's the point of working extreme long hours to contribute to the company when they come with terrible business decisions? As for the benefits, the top people earn loads of stocks that vest quickly and everyone else gets nothing. There's no transparency on how people's performance are reviewed, the only clear thing is that it is a popularity contest where the management friends are rewarded and everyone else hang on tight because of the benefits. Then if you spend some time without promotion, your chances for promotions diminish dramatically because you're labeled "with low career velocity". The only way to grow professionally is by becoming a manager. So people that should and people that shouldn't be a manager are fighting hand and fist to become one.

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5,0
25 nov 2016
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Pluspunten

Caring, community, values, balance, personality

Minpunten

No cons to announce, great environment

3,0
4 mei 2016
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Great market segment. Company makes photovoltaic inverters from 250W to MW's. Second largest in the field was acquired by ABB (HQ Switzerland) in 2012. Main products produce In Italy with assembly plant in Arizona. Engineering done in Tuscany Italy so visit there was enjoyable. Talented and friendly engineering staff.

Minpunten

Company had grown very fast. It seemed that Italy engineering management was overwhelmed and didn't have time to deal with our remote group. No real hardware engineering was done outside of Italy. San Jose operation had very high attrition of staff due to selective RIF's or people leaving to better job opportunities.

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