Flex Program Manager reviews

3.7

87% would recommend to a friend

(77 total reviews)
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Revathi Advaithi

99% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Programming Manager employees have rated Flex with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 77 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Programming Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Flex is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Programming Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
Apr 24, 2012
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Pros

Flextronics is an ideal place for someone who just wants to put in their ~40hrs and go home. There are ample opportunities to move around within the company, especially for engineers. If you desire it, you can even see a pretty good chunk of the globe travelling to different sites while you work.

Cons

They do very little here to promote any type of career progression. Despite an extensive corporate training website (consisting of everypone's favorite -- powerpoints!), there is very little offered in the way of actual training -- whatever skills you have will stagnate unless you take it upon yourself to keep them sharp. Negotiate the best beginning salary you can get -- it won't change much over the years. And don't expect to get a raise just because you took on the responsibilities of two or three people (and continue to excel) -- according to management, that's just expected.

3.0
Jan 22, 2012
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Pros

Very nice people; got along well with everyone. Everyone was very helpful; lots of team bonding/group activities. Not a competitive place to work; no strict management.

Cons

The company has very bad management because tasks were not appropriately delegated. Some had to more than others and some did not do their job at all.

2.0
Jun 3, 2010

Fair

Recommend
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Pros

At the mid-management level we have a broad scope of responsibility and are looked to as experts in all aspects of our customers.

Cons

Super slim margins mean very little support in general. IT and general support are not that great, the CM industry often steals customers from one another, so it's tough to build long term relationships. Working in the US is in large part transferring product to Asia, South America, and Eastern Europe.... leading to many frustrating situations. There is very little company-wide in terms of career development. Once you hit middle management, you are waiting for someone to quit or transfer to another position. There is also a very odd relationship between corporate management and the individual manufacturing sites. Often the sites get stuck trying to work around bonehead corporate decisions. Similarly sales and customer management is very muddled. Sites need to pull in sales, but high level customer management is done by the corporate knuckleheads. Often times decisions are made by people without any real stake in the game since they don't have to deal with the impact of their decisions.

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