What is it like to work at Huawei? Is it much different from foreign companies?

I have worked in Huawei's R&D position for 5 years, and this year I jumped to work for a foreign company for 6 months: I feel that the pressure on me is much less, and I am reflecting on why Huawei is so stressful.

Huawei’s advantages:

1. A lot of money (mainly reflected in good growth, simply put, it increases every year). In my own example, after working at Huawei for 5 years, I relied on I bought a house and a car in Hangzhou, and my colleagues around me did the same. In recent years, the salary of school recruitment has improved a lot, and of course the requirements are getting higher and higher.

2. Relatively fair: you do more, make fewer mistakes, bonuses and performance are indeed good, and there are not many shady incidents in my department.

3. Regarding the opportunities for upgrading: Look at the development of the department. If the department develops quickly, there will be many opportunities. If the department is stable, there will be few opportunities. Regarding high-level upgrades, it still depends on the relationship.

Disadvantages:

1. Programmers live a very tiring life: defects are not allowed, and the internal guidance is not to seek merit, but to seek no faults. Every day I am worried and nervous. There is a sticker on the wall of our department that reads "Walking on thin ice with fear", which feels very perverted.

2. There are many internal safety red lines, and you may touch the red lines accidentally.

3. Internal programmers dare not do code optimization, which leads to many pitfalls in the code. It often appears that the origin of this line of code is unknown, but they dare not move it.

4. The so-called wolf is more ruthless than ruthless, ruthless externally and ruthless internally. The main reason for internal ruthlessness is the annual C indicator. Either you die or I die. The cruel thing to the outside world is: some cooperation issues between groups often have to be discussed back and forth. If you don't, it will be your fault.

5. Comparing with some companies such as Hikvision, Dahua, and NetEase, Huawei does not have the most overtime, but it does have the greatest pressure.

6. Research and development has no Chinese language rights and no dignity. A newly entered test can destroy a backbone research and development team half to death. The status of testing is higher than that of development, and the salary is similar. This is very different in other companies.

7. It is relatively inhumane and requires a lot of overtime, so I won’t go into details. Everyone knows this

Finally: Who is suitable to join Huawei

1. Strong ability to withstand pressure

2. Strong, able to argue, and don’t like to argue with others. It is not recommended to go. This is very important.

3. High IQ.

4. It is best to recruit from the school, because you are young, can work overtime, and have no family worries. If you are recruited by a company with a high level, you will be easily eliminated. If you are admitted with a low level, there will be no advantage in remuneration.

5. If your family is poor and you work hard on your own, now that housing prices have risen, otherwise Huawei’s treatment would still be competitive.

6. It is best to go to a research institute in a second-tier city. Huawei’s treatment is similar in every city, but the price difference is very different

About the difference between Huawei and foreign companies

1. Regarding the direct differences, the year-end bonus is less, the overtime is less, and the annual vacation is more.

2. Demand acceptance issue: Our company and Huawei are friends in the communications industry, and the contrast is obvious. Huawei is almost always ready to meet demand. This is very competitive for customers. But it is a disaster for architects and code developers. Demand comes from operators around the world, and cultures and requirements vary widely, and some are even contradictory. Accommodating all demands results in a lot of scenarios and a lot of special code processing. There are pitfalls everywhere, and three serious problems arise when modifying a line of code.

Foreign companies will reject a large part of the demand, thinking that the price/performance ratio is not high, and will not do the demand that has a big impact on the code structure. This is very important for maintaining the versatility of the code. Huawei has to add comments when modifying a line of code because we don’t know why it was modified.

3. Regarding the quality of the code: In terms of code quality, foreign companies are higher. There are several points: the main structure of the code is written by foreign experts, and the code is more versatile (less special processing) and self-explanatory. . Foreign companies spend a lot of energy to optimize code, but Huawei can

not modify the old code without modifying the old code (because there are red lines, old functions will not be affected).

But in terms of product quality and competitiveness, Huawei is better. Why? Huawei's testing system is powerful and test-driven development. This is why its testing status is high.

4. Humanity: Not much to say about holidays, code development, or library construction fails. Huawei will immediately notify you urgently to go back and make changes. I have received calls several times at night saying, build If it hangs, go back and fix it immediately. In a foreign company, if the build fails, the system automatically rolls back, and it is OK to upload it again the next day. There is no pressure and it will not block others. In terms of integrated construction, foreign companies are much better than Huawei.

5. When it comes to cooperation, foreign companies are relatively happy, because everyone is not under great pressure from competition and will not be so busy. In terms of execution, there is no doubt that Huawei is high. Even during the Spring Festival, if there are problems, we will still start to tackle them.

6. Concerns of foreign companies: Direct competition with Huawei, fear of unemployment in the future.

7. Skill improvement: Huawei is too busy with work and has no time to study for improving coding skills. Foreign companies have a lot of time.

Look what you did? If you are doing general work. It’s similar to other factories. If it is done. If you are a skilled worker, your salary will be better.

Huawei: More money, more things, more pressure, no limit to promotions

Foreign companies: Generally, less money, less pressure, but no promotion ceiling.

The experience varies from person to person. Those who love money and officialdom choose Huawei, while those who like relaxation and dignity choose foreign companies.

As you get older, you are at risk of being jailed.

Have a sense of belonging, a sense of community, a clear direction of work, no need to worry about too many trivial matters, can focus on work...

Big, always working overtime

Although I don’t work at Huawei, many of my classmates do. Huawei is also a customer of mine. My husband has received many offers from Huawei but has not gone. Huawei is a very good company, but it is also very stressful. Performance appraisal is very difficult. Those with less ability are under greater pressure, the salary is relatively high among peers, the cafeteria is super delicious, and the working environment is also very good, that’s basically it

I remember their slogan is one person can do three jobs It’s very tiring to work with two people’s wages for personal work. Be prepared to stay up late and work overtime frequently. No matter you are a man or a woman, even if you work overtime until two or three in the morning, no one will care about your personal safety. You can’t make mistakes. There are many rules and regulations that cannot be violated. As long as you make a mistake, all the work will be offset. I feel that although the salary is high, it comes at the expense of my physical and mental health. It is obvious to compare my personal status before joining the job and one month after joining the job. It is simply I can't bear to look at it. No matter how young a person is, he will be tortured and aged for many years after being here for a month. Boys can work hard for a few years while they are young and earn money to buy a house. If there is room for promotion, they can continue to work. If there is no room for promotion, they can jump. Don't waste your body when you come out, after all, it is too damaging to the body

It is an experience of "half of the salary comes from overtime work". Everyone can understand the two sides of this sentence by themselves.

This has a lot to do with the position. The welfare benefits of big factories are quite good, and the work is relatively relaxed and free, not rigid. I have never worked for a foreign company, so I don’t understand it.