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    88%
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    Work/Life balance
    3.9(72 ratings)
    Career development
    3.8(72 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    3.8(72 ratings)
    Management
    3.6(72 ratings)
    Working environment
    4.0(72 ratings)
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    4.0
    Product engineer
    Aug 2023
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Great place to grind experience
    The good things-fast pace -working with knowledgeable people -lots of opportunity to learn new stuff in tech
    The challenges-low salary compared to other MNC -Big fish in a small pond attitude since they are probably the biggest MNCs in E&E operating in Perak
    2 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Senior technician
    Feb 2023
    Like all other company, workload is depending on which department and bos
    The good thingsDoing quite well during COVID, bonus is ok, parking lot is big enough for now
    The challengesWorking with all department, process
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Automation engineer
    Oct 2022
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Working with a group of people to achieve a shared goal or outcome in an effective way
    The good thingsI have used your software for many years and am consistently impressed with the innovation and developments made in the space. I also appreciate your dedication to education, providing your customers with free demos to learn how to use your products effectively. I would love to be a part of this innovative team and use my skills to continue the groundbreaking work you are doing here.
    The challengesLack of clear goals is among the most common causes of conflict among team members. Everyone will be working on individual goals, not the overall team’s goals.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Senior engineer
    May 2022
    Good place to work.. Life balance are depends on which area you covered
    The good thingsFully sponsored for masters degree course
    The challengesU have to compete with others and sometimes its hard to convincing your superior to giving a better projects.. If u are not active and unspoken then your career will grow very slow
    3 people found this helpful
    1.0
    PSSEG
    Mar 2022
    Ipoh Perak1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Terrible management. Once the management does not favor you, you are doomed.
    The good thingsGlad the bad CEO is no longer there.
    The challengesGood boss, clean working environment and work life balance.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Facility engineer
    Aug 2021
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    benefit in 3 monthly
    The good thingsgrow up business working to improve on time to time
    The challengesyes i'am enjoy, i'am already worked here about 3 years service department
    5.0
    Special Manufacturing 1
    Apr 2021
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Great place to work there and salary is nice as a Special Manufacturing 1 (Operator)
    The good thingsEmployee welfare is taken care of here. Especially during Covid 19, SOP is really strict in there. So no need to worry.
    The challengesThere is no challenge for me because I still work as a special Manufacturing 1 and works is easy to learn even still new there. Everything will teach by the trainer.
    1.0
    Officer
    Mar 2021
    Poor management & terrible superior
    The good thingsparking provided and cleanliness is good though.
    The challengesunhealthy working environment & superiors are extremely bad and terrible.
    5.0
    Test Maintenance Engineer
    Feb 2021
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Good Experience with high salary
    The good thingsHigh Salary with shift working hours due to 24 hours company operation
    The challengesIndoor and movement to go out from work area is very limited
    1.0
    Supervisor
    Nov 2020
    Ipoh Perak7 to 8 years in the role, former employee
    Intense and controversial surrounding with mistreatment.
    The good thingsGood to have good colleagues.
    The challengesSome of bosses are terrible and bad.
    5.0
    Production operator
    Sep 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    It was great opportunity to learn new things
    The good thingsGood team leader and supervisor to guide me when I need their guide
    The challengesWorking hours maybe because I wasn't used to work in 12 hours of shift but I managed to overcome it
    4.0
    Electrical engineer
    Aug 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Good experience and collegues
    The good thingsGood boss and colleagues.. good facilities
    The challengesIf you are the person who likes to go site, this is not your place..
    5.0
    Operator
    Jul 2020
    Driver lorry kilang bihun samhoe
    The good thingsI lost my job before PKP
    The challengesI like to work finisar
    5.0
    Automation intern
    Jun 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    A place to find new experience and polish skills to become a better employee
    The good thingsA great company to work with as it offers good environment, friendly colleagues and great opportunity to challenge an individual.
    The challengesRequires strong and high passion to deal with the production system and need to be eager to learn new knowledge.
    5.0
    Technician
    May 2020
    Replace the damaged lamps
    The good thingsCan enhance the skills of the company
    The challengesThere's nothing i dont's like from company
    5.0
    Operator
    May 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    2016/2017 cashier 2018/2020 working Singapore title member care
    The good thingsBefore I got working here
    The challengesBefore I got working here department main store
    4.0
    Junior Engineer
    May 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    I got the real working experience, learnt basis engineering knowledge and enhance hands-on skills.
    The good thingsEvery level of worker can work together as a team despite of different races, religions and languages. The company provided a very good facility to the workers.
    The challengesThe machine always having downtime which cause a delay in the production thus make it difficult to achieve the daily target output.
    4.0
    Technician
    May 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Good company, oversea worldwide electronics company
    The good thingsGood superior, friendly working staff, systematic company
    The challengesOverall is good, canteen food bad bit and need to improve.
    3.0
    Reliability engineer
    Apr 2020
    Good benefit but lack of exposure in training and career advancement
    The good thingsGood benefits such medical, spectacle ,dental and house loan claim.
    The challengesLess career advancement. Only focus on senior instead of newcomer when talk about training and exposure.
    1.0
    laser alignment technician (OBIS dept)
    Jan 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    company that takes note of your participation in company functions and not your work capabilities
    The good thingsgood and helpful line leader/supportive ,teaches job and trains others very well.
    The challengesneed to always go for company functions and team bonding's.A company that does not look at your job but looks at your participation in team bonding's and other non related work skills.
    5.0
    Assembly and Test, Senior Manufacturing Supervisor
    Dec 2019
    9 to 10 years in the role, former employee
    As working in an OEM employer minimum rejects and quality d3f3cts are highly focused.
    The good thingsMust stay focused to ensure equipments OEE is met with maximum utilization with a well organised suborfinates team of multitask.
    The challengesTraceability, quality and OTD.
    3.0
    Technicians
    Dec 2019
    working environment is good.
    The good thingsWorking with the peoples here is good. The working environment is also nice.
    The challengesThe management should listen on what the workers wants instead of just doing what the management want without caring for the workers feeling. There is a saying that " A happy workers are productive workers".
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    QA inspector
    Aug 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    I have many years of experience in this field have capability to handle a department
    The good thingsI would like to work becos salary it's very good I would like to work shift
    The challengesIt very enjoyable and the best time working in finisar
    5.0
    Intern
    Aug 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Intern
    The good thingsGood working environment
    The challengesless career opportunities
    5.0
    Failure analysis engineer
    Jul 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    knowledgeable
    The good thingsWorking environment and people who are working here
    The challengesTo solve the issue from production
    5.0
    Industrial nurse
    Apr 2019
    Knowledge and experience in human resources objective and industrial nurse
    The good thingsBe a position as responsible health care team with managing all data and documentation administrative in system. All process and project will has KPI that improved our knowledge and scope during work. Other that good benefit in medical or staff benefit for all category. The great is when we will fell appreciate and remember all the experience while we working there.
    The challengesBe a position as responsible health care team with managing all data and documentation administrative in system. All process and project will has KPI that improved our knowledge and scope during work. Other that good benefit in medical or staff benefit for all category. The great is when we will fell appreciate and remember all the experience while we working there
    5.0
    Process technician NPI
    Feb 2019
    enjoy working at finisar because having a good boss and colleague
    The good thingsgood environment, good salary
    The challengesthe challenging is sometime there have a lot task to handle. need to be multitasking
    5.0
    Manager 2
    Dec 2018
    Overall very good experience working in this company and the best place to gain all the knowledge
    The good thingsHappy to work with all the team mate and support team because if they are willing to help each other
    The challengesFor the first start we dont have the correct system to track all the metrics and after that we picking up step by step improve and now everything already in place
    5.0
    Program manager
    Nov 2018
    5 to 6 years in the role, former employee
    Excellent place to explore Experience Knowledge Technology
    The good thingsBest place to work
    The challengesExplore new knowledge and integrated technology
    4.0
    Associate Engineer
    Aug 2018
    5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Guide people and follow up with top managment to reveiw product failure and and do solution.
    The good thingsJoin Learn manufacturing and Team Building - Graduate Learn Captain
    The challengesCompetition with Foreign worker which more experience people were came from Philippine and India on electrical and programing.
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