Terrible company culture, very bureaucratic. Office politics to the max. - Anonymous employee JA Solar Employee Review

1.0
24 Mar 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

After a few back-stabbing experiences, you'll learn to develop a thicker skin and a sharper radar for office politics.

Cons

Despite its international presence, this is still a very tradition Chinese company in every sense of the word. Expect office politics at every level of the organization. Not a collaborative team environment - it's everyone for him/herself. Very cliquey office culture, very bureaucratic process to push forward any initiatives. There's an air of distrust amongst management and staff teams.

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