Pros
- Surrounded by young engineers, making communication easy and fostering an innovative, problem-solving mindset. - New startup environment with high exposure to process setup and development due to the lack of established procedures and standards. - Plenty of opportunities for Kaizen and continuous improvement projects due to inconsistent and poor existing processes. - Chance to learn from Western leadership, such as the COO and North American team, gaining insights into their problem-solving approaches.
Cons
- Poor Leadership & Department Management: Leads hold titles but provide no real guidance, focusing only on their own tasks. - Biased Management: Opportunities are given based on favoritism rather than performance, with competent employees often left to clean up messes while underperformers stay comfortable. - Lack of Internal Quality Focus: The department manager is more concerned with external interactions than internal quality, leading to late defect detection and customer complaints. - Heavily Influenced by China & HK Team: Instead of mutual learning, their approach is rigid, resistant to feedback, and unwilling to adapt to the differences in the new factory's setup. - Reactive Rather Than Proactive: Engineers are too new and lack experience, while management is busy firefighting rather than addressing systemic issues. The company compensates for poor yield by pushing more material through, leading to excessive waste.