Vantaggi
None. Initial salary is attractive.
Svantaggi
Futurewei Santa Clara exists only to repatriate Chinese American engineers. In US, >85% of workforce is chinese. Most conversations are in Chinese which creates cultural and language barriers. All decisions and flows are micromanaged by mainland headquarters. No products are produced for North America. No leadership only follower behavior. All programs are offshored within 2 years of being started. All documents are encrypted and time out within months. All design flows are obsoled by HQ. You clearly feel like you work for a China only company. There is a China first mantra and the company exists to provide access to silicon valley. However no projects are adaquetely resourced, only chinese engineers are encouraged and all employees turn over after 5 years. All projects are bid to win, unresourced, required to work with China teams, told thet are overpriced and underperform. No information is shared on requirements or usage, making it difficult to optimize systems. Nightly meetings with mainland staff and frequent trips to mainland are the norm. Benefits (medical, etc) are marginal. If you dont speak the language you are at a severe disadvantage. Constant turnover of management and staff. Missions are not long term. Constant project justification and status instead of empowering teams.