About the author: "Scholar from the End of the World" has more than ten years of experience in supply chain management in the communications and ICT industries. He has worked in Foxconn Technology Group and H3C, a subsidiary of Unisoc Group, and has unique views and opinions on supply chain management.
looks back on the time when he first entered the workplace 16 years ago. At that time, Guangdong Province had not yet experienced the financial crisis in 2008, and the manufacturing industry in the Pearl River Delta was at its peak.
The workplace, for most college students, is a strange, unknown and uncertain existence. Like most people, I do not have an excellent leader around me, so I inevitably hit a wall. Two interviews with and Huawei ended without any success. So I listened to the advice of my college classmates and entered Foxconn , the world's largest EMS factory, during the most glorious and prosperous period of China's electronics manufacturing industry.
For most Chinese people engaged in the manufacturing industry, Foxconn is a contradictory and complex existence: Foxconn has solved many employment problems that cannot be solved in populous provinces, but its management system, which has always been known for its "harsh", has also made Job seekers are deterred: the low income of grassroots employees and its aura of Fortune 500 companies form a huge contrast.
During this graduation season for college students, the author hopes that by sharing my ten-year career experience at Foxconn, newcomers to the workplace can be inspired by it.
Broad vision
Most of Foxconn’s executives at the business group level have executive experience in major international companies. The executives of the IDBP division were former executives of Apple’s ; two executives of the WLBG division, one One of them has served as a senior executive at Toyota Motor Corporation, and the other has held a senior executive position at TI and HP; a senior executive at Innolux has worked at Stanford University and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in the United States. In addition, junior employees can also be "seen" and get promotion opportunities through their hard work - directly or indirectly receive training and sharing from senior executives. Most of
's senior executives at the business unit level have management experience in major manufacturing companies in Japan and Taiwan. The senior executives of the business unit where the author once worked came from MOTO's mold business unit. The person in charge of the manufacturing department comes from Sony's Taiwan factory in China and has a doctorate in optics; the person in charge of the supply chain comes from Ford Company in the United States.
Although it is difficult for grassroots employees to have direct contact with senior executives or persons in charge, it is undeniable that the work experience, habits and ideas of senior executives will inevitably directly or indirectly affect the work ideas and habits of ordinary employees. Ordinary employees There are relatively many training and promotion opportunities.
core learning platform
For core employees, Foxconn has a scientific system of training, which is implemented through IE Academy and the Human Resources Department.
Many grassroots employees think that training has little effect. Little do they know that the effect mainly depends on whether the employee has a long-term plan for the workplace and the ability to think rationally. The function of the training system is only as a tool to promote the growth and progress of employees.
IE Academy’s public courses also had speakers from well-known training institutions at the time. In addition, people from the scientific and technological field from all over the world will serve as training instructors from time to time.
Foxconn's LH library has many business and technology books and periodicals from Taiwan, China. The internal electronic database can access encyclopedia think tanks in Taiwan, China, including some paid information websites.
Strong will and execution
Regarding the rumors that Foxconn will carry out "military" management, I personally think it can be understood as a yes or a no. If
is understood, it means that the superiors must follow the instructions, and the subordinates must spare no effort to implement the instructions required by the superiors, similar to a mountain of military orders. If
is understood to be different, the fact is that there is not much "human touch", which comes from the company's care, psychological guidance and care among colleagues. Friendship between superiors and subordinates is also widespread.
However, for a company that is not too small, just like the operation process of a huge industrial machine, there is no room for error. Every link and every step must be fully subordinated to the overall operation.As a screw, you must spare no effort to implement every instruction from your boss or previous link, and have strong willpower and ability to withstand pressure to ensure the normal operation of the entire organization.
came out of the laboratory, there was no high technology, only the discipline of execution.
"What Foxconn does is not from 0 to 1, but from 1 to 100. The key to going from 1 to 100 is high speed, high efficiency, high quality and low cost. What is the key to achieving these three items? It is execution , from procurement, material control, production management For the most ordinary and ordinary employees such as engineering, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, quality engineering, QC, manufacturing employees, and warehousing employees, the most effective and efficient thing in daily operations is unconditional execution and efficient execution. "This is me. Something I often hear.
A good "springboard"
If you are a qualified and outstanding engineer who has worked for Foxconn for more than three years, then this work experience in the manufacturing industry can basically be obtained from major international companies such as HP, DELL and IBM recognition. If you have a basic educational background and language proficiency, such as a 211 undergraduate degree, and are fluent in English, you can probably get the opportunity to transfer.
Yes, with the same experience, people with academic advantages will have more advantages in the workplace.
One of the friends I contacted had a degree in process engineering and took his next job at HP and DELL. Similarly, ICT companies such as Huawei, ZTE , Lenovo , Inspur , H3C , Xiaomi , OPPO are also more popular. Of course not all engineering and technical personnel with work experience at Foxconn, but at least 10% to 20% have the opportunity to enter well-known domestic R&D companies. Therefore, Foxconn is also a good "springboard". In fact, Alibaba, , Tencent also have small Some employees once worked for Foxconn.
There are also a very small number of people who have worked at Foxconn for 20 years and got a good mid-level and high-level position; there are also a few people like Wang Laichun who use the resources obtained by Foxconn to open factories outside and provide supply chain services, but not everyone They are all as successful as Wang Chunlai.
Private enterprises also have a good way out. Of course, more Foxconn employees may enter Chinese private manufacturing enterprises. Fortunately, some will reach the management level, while some will not be able to stay and move to new jobs. This is not inevitable. What I want to say is that a big platform may not necessarily determine that you have a good future, but at least it has more opportunities than a small platform.
Currently, H3C campus recruitment requires 985. "Big hits" such as Huawei and Lenovo will basically not give priority to the second degree (except for talented teenagers of course). Investment banks, the Big Four, and large consulting companies all require world-renowned universities.
If the "gap" in your student days has caused you to "lose at the starting line", then your efforts the day after tomorrow will be even more important. Although Alibaba, Tencent, Huawei, Byte and Baidu have better talent training mechanisms, management methods and methods, and better opportunities, "more wolves and less meat", the chances of successful employment are relatively small.
Therefore, my suggestion is that if you just graduated from other full-time undergraduate colleges that are not "985 Project" and non-"211 Project", you can try to choose Foxconn, , Master , Inventec, Quanta , Delta , Lite-On and other Taiwan-funded companies are not getting a good reputation, they just have a greater chance of being hired. When you first enter the workplace, the most important thing is to adjust your mentality, keep your eyes open, and think long-term in order to obtain good development prospects in the workplace.
The road to career is very long. To outperform others, of course, it means that you have to pay more than others in the long-distance running process. When you are ready, just move forward.
Editor: Elaine
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