What is it like working at Huawei?

I came to Huawei in 2018 and left in a hurry in 2019.

In just over a year, it seems that I have witnessed all kinds of things in the world and all kinds of emotions.

What is it like working at Huawei?

If I had to use one word to describe it, it would be:

Depressing.

First of all, this kind of depression comes from an invisible sense of oppression, which gives people a kind of psychological pressure.

What’s even more frightening is that this kind of depression has become part of Huawei’s culture.

High pressure cannot be simply defined by working overtime. More overtime can only indicate a heavy workload, but it does not necessarily mean a sense of oppression, and overtime may also be related to personal work efficiency.

In addition, although some jobs have long working hours, often lasting more than ten hours, they are just repetitive mechanical operations. As long as practice makes perfect, you can handle it.

But not Huawei.

Let’s give an example.

When I was at Huawei, the department recruited a young girl with a master's degree from 985 and a very good educational background.

Huawei will assign mentors to new employees who have just joined the company, and little girls are no exception. Unfortunately, not long after the little girl arrived, the tutor in charge of her applied for a job transfer and was successfully approved by the leader. So, after only half a year in the company, the little girl began to take over the projects at the critical moment and gradually took over the projects from her mentor. A lot of problem positioning, meetings and PPTs came like an overwhelming sea. Even though the little girl worked overtime until 11 o'clock every night, after all, she was still I couldn't hold it back, and during a meeting, tears flowed down uncontrollably. Later, thanks to her supervisor who stepped forward, reassigned the project, and postponed the departure date of her mentor, the burden on the little girl was eased.

At Huawei, you may face new challenges every day. You must always be alert and ready for battle. And when the work is given to you, you have to be responsible to the end. Things have to end with you, and there must be a deadline.

Secondly, Huawei’s assessment mechanism is extremely cruel and the competition for talent is also extremely fierce.

Huawei’s wolf culture has always been imitated, but never surpassed, because it has penetrated the wolf culture into all aspects of training, management, compensation, assessment, etc., and after long-term accumulation and precipitation, A virtuous cycle was formed, pushing the aircraft carrier forward.

For example, Huawei's performance appraisal is differentiated, with the lowest ranking eliminated, and the appraisal results are directly linked to year-end bonuses, stocks and other income, leaving a huge gap.

On the other hand, Huawei has attracted a large number of talents with its attractive salary. At the same time, it has an extremely complete training mechanism. Therefore, there is also a large number of talents internally, newcomers emerge in large numbers, and the competition is extremely fierce.

Let’s take another example.

When I was at Huawei, there was a senior in the brother department next door. He was over 35 years old when he came to Huawei. His first contract in 2019 was about to expire, and he was over 40 years old. The company had made it clear in advance that The contract with him will not be renewed, so this senior started looking for a job very early, but it has been going on for more than half a year, and he still has not found his next job. The pressure is great. There are seniors and juniors in the family. The level of anxiety can be imagined. .

After this senior left sadly, the person who replaced him was just a young guy who had been working for more than a year, but it didn't make much difference.

Huawei’s screw culture is really scary.

Conclusion

Finally, two more features of Huawei will be added.

First, there are many meetings.

Before leaving Huawei, my long-term work status was to have continuous meetings during the day, and training and meetings were arranged three nights a week. The time when you can really calm down and work can only be found in a hurry. Especially the phrase "Welcome to join the conference", the voice is very soft but extremely intimidating.

The second is PPT culture.

Not long after joining the company, I received an email. The text was basically blank. There was only a PPT in the attachment. It was only 1 page long and contained only a few sentences and a few numbers. It's a bit exaggerated to write a PPT in a thorough and orderly manner when something that can be solved with just one email text.

Hello, let me talk about it based on a case around me. I don’t work at Huawei myself. I have a brother in my family who works at Huawei. His work is mainly on mobile phones. development.

He graduated with a master's degree in computer science, and then applied for a job in mobile phone development at Huawei. He told me that Huawei's system is particularly good at cultivating talents, because when he had only been employed for three months, Huawei arranged for him to work in a group. He was the group leader and led a group to develop projects. After the project is completed within the specified time, another person will be arranged to form a team to develop another project. This system is very powerful for training a person. Because he has just joined and is relatively a rookie, and then he is asked to develop a project by himself, so the pressure on people is great, but the improvement is also great.

Another thing that left a deep impression on me is that I went to see him twice, but both times were ridiculous, each time after 10:30 pm, because he always had no time. I work overtime every time. He told me that it was normal for them to work overtime, and everyone took the initiative to work overtime.

But the result is obvious to us ordinary people, because he worked for Huawei for less than two years and then bought a house in Xi'an. Although the housing prices in Xi'an are not among the first-tier in China, they are still very expensive for ordinary people like us.

In short, for me, Huawei is a person who works hard under pressure and finally gets what he deserves. Isn't this normal? This is how this society should be.

I am engaged in software research and development, and my workplace is on Nanjing Software Avenue, next to Huawei's Nanjing Research Institute, so I am fairly familiar with Huawei's work. I hope my answer below can give you some understanding of Huawei's work.

Work content

Huawei’s work is mainly divided into business research and development and technology research.

The business research and development category mainly focuses on the research and development of content that has been transformed into market products, including switch hardware, mobile phone hardware, cloud storage software, industrial control software, security software, communication technology software research and development, software development, After passing the test, it will be put into market operation.

The technology research category, as the name suggests, mainly studies technologies for the future market, including switch technology, routing technology, 4G technology many years ago, and Huawei’s flagship product 5G technology in the past two years. From the beginning of the research laboratory, business is the operational guarantee of technology, and technology is the foundation of business operations. Both are indispensable. Huawei invests a lot of manpower and material resources in technology research every year.

Working hours

As for working hours, Huawei’s prevailing wolf culture is that the birth of a new technology or new product is the result of the hard work of many R&D engineers working overtime. Working overtime is normal work, and generally you only have one day off on weekends.

Huawei usually works until 10 o'clock at night. Every night at 10 o'clock, there are batches of taxis, Didi and Meituan cars waiting for passengers at Huawei's gate. Software Avenue is around 10 o'clock every day. There are the most people in the subway, and of course there are also many people after 12 o'clock in the evening. However, Huawei will have clear records of overtime hours every day. When a certain amount of time is accumulated, you can take time off and exchange it for overtime pay. A few days ago, a friend resigned from Huawei. He had worked at Huawei for 6 years and accumulated 16 months of overtime. When he resigned, he converted it into RMB in one go. It can be seen that at Huawei, hard work will lead to rewards.

Salary

Huawei’s salary is definitely relatively high in the industry. Of course, you must have the skills and ability to get it. Huawei invests a lot of money every year in recruiting Ph.D., master's, and undergraduate students, and it goes directly to the best schools every year to find the top graduates. Generally speaking, after graduating from a bachelor's degree, when you first join Huawei, your salary starts at 1W, and you can't go up. capped. At the same time, overtime hours can be converted into salary.

In addition, Huawei will sign a striver agreement with on-board employees. After working at Huawei for 8 years, they will re-sign the contract. After 8 years, they will pay a one-time payment of at least 150,000 yuan in RMB. Taxi subsidy, lunch subsidy, missed meal subsidy, and overtime midnight snacks are all above market standards.

Overtime benefits

In Huawei, working overtime is normal, and not working overtime is abnormal. However, working overtime in Huawei provides generous overtime wages, overtime supper, and at the same time, overtime hours It can be accumulated and either converted into overtime wages or holidays. A few days ago, a friend resigned from Huawei. He had been working at Huawei for 6 years and accumulated overtime hours of up to 16 months. When he resigned, he was converted into RMB in one go. Hundreds of thousands (there is news on the Internet that someone resigned and worked overtime for a total of 28 months). Working overtime is also work or study in itself. People who have worked at Huawei will have an aura around them when they go out. Generally, companies will look at you with admiration when they see that you are a person from Huawei. It is indeed a kind of experience.

The above is my basic understanding of Huawei. In fact, I also know a lot about Huawei's work content and various systems. I just can't go into a long discussion. If you are interested, you can chat with me privately.

You are welcome to express your opinions in the comment area. If you have better suggestions, please tell me and share them with me.

Thank you for the invitation. Every company has its own characteristics. Although I have never worked at Huawei, I have had a lot of contacts and had two job opportunities, but I did not choose to go.

1. In the year I graduated, my cousin who worked at Huawei recommended me for an interview. The interview took place in March 2005, at the Guangzhou Garden Hotel. My cousin recommended me to go to his direct supervisor for an interview. At that time, the interview process was relatively simple. I briefly asked about my academic performance and CET-4 scores, and then took me to various offices to look around. It took about half a day. Later, my cousin called me and told me that I might be assigned to the marketing department to focus on marketing, and asked me if I would like to go. Since my major is computers, I declined.

2. The second time was in 2009. At that time, I had just resigned from a domestic router/switch company in Shanghai. I received an interview with Shenzhen Huawei and passed the interview. We chatted on the phone for nearly 30 minutes. I asked some technical questions, mainly about switch configuration and some network knowledge, and finally asked me if it would be possible if I wanted to stay in South Africa. Since my main battlefield was in Shanghai at the time, I declined again.

It seems that I really have no connection with Huawei, but many of my classmates and friends work at Huawei.

During the communication process with everyone, most of their feedback was very positive. Of course, there were also some complaints. Generally speaking, their evaluation of Huawei was quite high.

1. Employee benefits. Salaries are at a relatively high standard in the industry. Business travel subsidies and accommodation standards are relatively high. Free late night snacks and taxi fares for overtime work are provided, and employees are also provided. Buy some insurance, Huawei Mall purchase benefits, and relevant subsidies for family members after reaching a certain level, etc. Real estate companies, schools, etc. will give priority to Huawei employees. The canteens in some parks are very annoying, with all kinds of delicious food.

2. There is a lot of pressure, 996 on a daily basis, and it is normal to take a few days off throughout the year (it is rare to have two days off, and you often work at home). Don’t even think about taking extra time off, unless your position is irrelevant. Yes, and then when it comes to performance evaluation, it is normal to give a C. Therefore, when working at Huawei, you must take the initiative. Don’t wait for your supervisor to assign work to you. You must learn to grab things and let your value be reflected to the greatest extent. Also, you must not trust colleagues, leaders, and personnel too much (just work is fine, others Don’t communicate about anything else, such as company gossip, personal or other people’s private life topics, etc.)

3. Learning opportunities are also envied by outsiders, including various learning materials on Huawei’s intranet, iLearning , MOOC, 3MS, in addition to technical materials, there are also many other types of materials, not to mention the experience opportunities that the job itself brings.

4. Face to face with big names, the opportunity to learn and communicate with big names in the field at close range, this may be the dream of many professionals.

5. A lot of business trips, various trainings, exchanges, forums at home and abroad, people are often on the road, which is very hard in the long run.

6. Work reporting. This is so critical. The "Huawei Work Law" emphasizes the first time, proactive reporting, seeking truth from facts, clear goals, and highlighting key points. Many technical geeks are not good at reporting (technical Very awesome), and as a result, I will be criticized by my supervisor.

7. Invisible overtime, how do you call this? Roughly speaking, the company only allows you to declare the amount of overtime hours you work per week. In fact, the overtime hours are higher than the declared hours.

8. Have a sense of superiority. After all, Huawei is a first-tier enterprise in my country. People working in it will be looked upon with admiration by people from other companies. It will also give you more face in front of relatives and friends. It will also be a plus point for job-hopping in the future. item.

Okay, to sum up, the quality of a company mainly depends on personal choices. Even if it is a good company, some people will complain about it, and there are also things that cannot be considered. Companies are constantly working hard to improve their performance. Make employees feel happy and have a sense of belonging. If you want to choose comfort and tranquility, then it is recommended that you do not go to a company like Huawei.

Looking back on my more than ten years in Juchang, I can still remember the past vividly. The best years of my life were spent at Huawei, and everything seems like just yesterday. Over the years, I have felt that I have too many things to do, both internally and externally. I have been doing one thing after another and I have no time to spare, and I have always been tense. An important reason why I persist is that Mr. Ren is generous. Although it is not as much as the boss said that it needs to be sunbaked on the balcony, I finally feel that the hard work is not in vain.

I have worked in several companies before, and I feel that the biggest advantage of Huawei is that it is relatively fair. As long as you do a good job, you will be fine, and the benefits will come naturally. The relationship between people is relatively simple. , office politics are basically invisible on TV, at least not among grassroots employees. Therefore, Huawei is more suitable for college students who have just graduated, especially those whose families are short of money. The platform is large enough, and you can be as productive as you are bold.

Due to the sanctions imposed by the US emperor, there are temporary difficulties, but with Juchang’s combat power, we will be able to survive this disaster. Best wishes to our old club!

I personally have no working experience in Huawei, but my friend’s father has worked in Huawei. After my friend graduated from college, his father asked him to consider Huawei and once introduced Huawei's situation.

It can be said that most lay people envy those who work at Huawei, but they do not know how much pressure there is inside and outside Huawei.

Huawei’s regular employees are generally fresh graduates with higher education, master’s degrees, and doctoral degree graduates. They have also gone through several rounds of interviews and selections, or they are elites from outside communications companies who have switched jobs. Yes, I don’t know much about other companies entering the market.

Employees who have just joined Huawei generally have to go to training for a period of time. After 3 months and become full-time employees, they are randomly assigned internship positions and are led by various mentors into each project team to be responsible for different project positions. On the other hand, some may also face situations where their majors are not suitable for them, so this transitional period they have just entered will basically make many people flinch.

When the project is approved, there will be more overtime work, but in general, overtime work is like drinking boiled water. So this day is basically studying, working, and working overtime. By the way, although I often work overtime, Huawei is absolutely generous with overtime pay. And in terms of salary, it is basically increased based on your assessment in each period. Basically, it can be said that as long as you have strong abilities, can adapt to Huawei's working atmosphere and persist, it is definitely not a dream for you to get a promotion and a salary increase. Huawei is relatively open in this regard. At Huawei, you still have the opportunity to become an expatriate. The prerequisite is that you are good enough. At Huawei, everything is based on ability.

In terms of food, Huawei campuses have their own canteens, which are cheap and have a wide variety of flavors, and can basically meet the dietary needs of all parts of the country. The atmosphere within Huawei is pretty good, and everyone is quite enthusiastic. Huawei also arranges some team-building activities. This is also a small exchange meeting within Huawei, where you can get to know other technical staff, including many top female students [ laughs][laughs].

To summarize, Huawei offers high wages and good benefits. The premise is that you must have enough ability to enjoy those wages and benefits. Huawei is also well-known in the industry for working overtime, but its overtime pay is also generous. Huawei's internal competition is high and there are elimination targets every year, but the internal atmosphere is not dull or ruthless. They also have technical exchanges, R&D discussions, and team-building activities. So as long as you are good enough and can survive Huawei's survival rules, you will definitely be successful in Huawei.

The above is what I got from other people’s experiences combined with my own thoughts, and is for reference only.

There are a lot of exaggerated remarks on the Internet about my experience working at Huawei. Many of them are based on self-imagination based on fragments of words, and some are deliberately processed to attract attention. Today, I will not exaggerate, but from now on. Let me introduce to you my friend’s real work experience.

There are many types of work, such as marketing, R&D, production, maintenance, etc. This time I will talk to you from the perspective of R&D (which is also what many people are concerned about).

1. Work overtime. Let’s talk about this topic first. This is a topic that everyone talks about online a lot, and it is also a topic that many people take offense to. In fact, which IT company doesn’t work overtime? Let’s talk about whether any leaders force you to work overtime? Indeed, this is called mandatory overtime, especially on weekends or holidays. In fact, most people work overtime actively or semi-actively. For example, a certain project needs to be delivered on June 30, and the R&D department has formulated a development plan based on this time point. Each project employee is very clear about this plan and each time point, and Huawei's working atmosphere and team work The style requires everyone to pay close attention to the work plan and strive to complete it ahead of schedule, so the entire team is rushing forward. As a member, you will rush forward consciously or unconsciously. If you feel that the plan cannot be completed, work overtime. It is necessary, and everyone is working overtime to rush forward. You can't delay the progress of the entire team because of the delay in your work, thus affecting the team's performance (affecting performance, that is, affecting bonuses).

3. Remuneration. This is something that many people envy. Indeed, working at Huawei is hard and the rewards are also rich. In short, it will make you feel that your hard work is worth it. In this regard, Huawei is also upstream in the industry in terms of remuneration.

4. Improvement of vision and ability. In a large company, you can come into contact with more external partners, foreign companies, and experts. Moreover, Huawei also invests a lot in research and development, and there is also a lot of cooperation between Huawei and external companies. Invisibly, your vision and abilities will be greatly improved. Good promotion.

Let’s talk about the shortcomings in the working atmosphere.

1. Performance comes first. Sometimes there are differences between leaders and employees on performance evaluations, which can lead to employees being emotional. Sometimes, for the sake of performance, it can also lead to disputes between competing departments. This is inevitable, after all, there is no absolute fairness in this world.

2. Process comes first. Large companies require that things be done in strict accordance with procedures, which makes it difficult for many people who have just joined the company to adapt. Moreover, the advantage of blindly following the process is that the process is relatively complete and the project will basically not go wrong. The consequences are (1) employees become screws (2) project execution is relatively rigid (3) too many meetings and too many reports. This is also A place where employees are quite vocal. So now Huawei is gradually promoting "agile work".

Hope it helps.

First, let’s get to know Huawei.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Longgang District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China. The founder is Ren Zhengfei. Huawei is the world's leading information and communications technology (ICT) solution provider. It focuses on the ICT field, adheres to stable operations, continuous innovation, and open cooperation, and has built an end-to-end network in the fields of telecom operators, enterprises, terminals, and cloud computing. With solution advantages, we provide competitive ICT solutions, products and services to operator customers, enterprise customers and consumers, and are committed to realizing the future information society and building a better fully connected world.

Working in such a rapidly growing and huge Fortune 500 company can be said to be both decent and stressful. According to unreliable information, working overtime is common at Huawei, but the pay is very high, and there are opportunities for dividends. The annual year-end bonus is enough to forget your complaints about work pressure. If a company wants to develop, especially if it has an international voice, it may require all employees to work together, work together, and go all out to fight. If you get something, you have to give it. If I can achieve the small goals mentioned by Wang Jianlin as soon as possible, it doesn't matter if I work 24 hours a day, haha!

Huawei is a paradise for employees and a purgatory for employees. Huawei has a mixed nature of state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. The staff in the office buildings of each factory headquarters are state-owned enterprises. They work from 9 to 5, with two days off every week, official holidays, accrued vacations, high wages, high bonuses, and high benefits. This class People's work is truly wonderful.

The private employees are also very good. Although the R&D engineers and senior managers work a lot of overtime, the bonuses are unimaginable. The bonuses for middle-level and grass-roots managers who complete the production and quality tasks well are also very good. The workshop directors at the lowest level are paid monthly More than 10,000 yuan. The same can't be said for Huawei employees. The working environment is heavy workload, long working hours, and they have to maintain quality and quantity, so they are under great pressure. However, Huawei is a large company. If you do well, there are many promotion opportunities, such as property management, quality inspection management, technician, reserve cadre, and even branch factory director. Let’s talk about the work of employees. When Huawei employees open their eyes, they seem to be in the factory or workshop. I have to get up at around six o'clock every day, brush my teeth and wash my face, buy food and breakfast, rush to the workshop at 7:30 to listen to instructions and shout slogans for half an hour, work at 8 o'clock until I get off work at 9 o'clock in the evening, and wait for me to shower and wash my clothes when I get back from get off work. It was almost 11 o'clock, what other time could there be, I was so exhausted that I could only crawl into bed. I was engaged in photovoltaic power generation. Huawei was willing to invest heavily in equipment and had a high degree of mechanization. Therefore, the workload of employees was heavy and fast. There were many machines and the workshop was very hot (only the finished product assembly workshop has air conditioning). The two main parts of a small photovoltaic generator are aluminum plates. The small one weighs 15 or 6 kilograms each, and the large one weighs 30 or 40 kilograms. Dozens of procedures are required during processing. Each procedure has to be taken over and turned over. , board assembly, processing, inspection and then move to the next position. I do this on average more than 700 times a day by pumping it around, turning it up and down, and checking it out. It’s tiring! It’s not that the more you exercise, the stronger you will be, but the more you work, the more tired you will be and your body will become weak. I was too lazy to go to the toilet and pee when I came back. The workstation was piled with workpieces, and I was rude when I came to work. The team leader scolded the director. If there was an oversight at this time and a mistake was made, and the tail inspection didn't catch it, what would happen? When the next processing department finds out that they have returned the wrong goods, they will find you at the process station. No matter how many times a small mistake has been accumulated, any major mistake will be deducted as much as possible. There is no escape, no luck, and part of the overtime pay has been paid. Damn, what if I’m soaked all day long? Several processes are automatically processed mechanically, such as computerized cutting, wire cutting, sparking, etc., but manual positioning, loading and unloading are also required. Huawei has the strength to let you choose seven or eight machines by one person. The key point is that if you don’t like the mechanical processing, if there is a program error, or mechanical failure, the tool breaks, the wire breaks, or the car crashes, that will be a big deal! Therefore, some positions can be said to be idle, but do you dare to be idle? You have to keep walking around to monitor and check. Many people can't stand the tiring and worrying work, so many people quit their jobs every day. It's not like you can find a job outside just looking for a job, and I heard that Huawei pays a lot of overtime, so many people join Huawei every day, and the cycle goes like this. The one thing Huawei does that is good to its employees is that it deducts this amount of money from its employees but does not fire people casually. When joining the company, the first day is recruitment, the second day is safety education, and the third day is to get familiar with the work environment. During these three days, you can eat in the factory and leave without any deductions. If you don't work for three days, you will be paid. When you resign, you submit your report on the first day, check your salary on the second day, and receive your salary on the third day. You will still be paid if you don't work for these three days. This is a sweet spot for Huawei, after all, other private companies cannot do it.

Okay, Huawei is here, do you want to come in?