Curiosity, Thoughts and Whatever...

Went for an interview last night. Was horrendous and pathetic. Not only was it a flop but I was disappointed by my performance. The good point is I don't think the company will ever going to give me a 2nd call. I don't expect it and neither am I looking forward to it. Why ??? Here's a why

1. The appointment was for 6pm and I reach their premises sharp on time. However I was kept waiting for more than an hour because this NPI manager had a management briefing going on. So my question is if he knows he is having a meeting with his other manager's at 6 why can't he fix the interview at another time which is more convenient to him and me. I have attended twice interview with Flextronics and on both occasion its always not on time and usually a one way street. I always thought it was a "willing seller willing buyer" kind of methology. It takes 2 to tango. I want the job and he want a manager. So show respect and intelligence a bit la. Not keeping me waiting and waiting and didn't even apologies or give friendly smile at all.

2. Then came the plant manager who was trying to portrait himself as wise and intelligence with bold loud mouth. What a crap ! Don't know him personally but from what I read (observation) on his personality don't think he has a life. Come on la......you are a plant manager show some humble character and I show you respect. He seem to me a bit abrasive and he claim to be very Americanize. He was telling me how they are result oriented, aggressive and blah ...blah .....blah.......and lastly "we fired a lot of people". Who doesn't know about that, just take a look at all those American companies. Closing plant and shifting production to China and etc is just like mopping the floor. I bet they have a step by step procedure on mopping the floor (a contingency plan and can be executed within 24hrs).

3. Kept referring to Japanese as rigid, follower and don't know how to think kind of people. I mean I myself don't like my bosses but not to that extreme. Japanese have their strong point and we can actually learn a lot from them. We don't need to belittle or look down on anybody. Japanese are detail, hard working, analytical and humble. These are the points I like about them. They can actually go down to the production side and work hand in hand with the operator. Just take a look at Toyota (I'm reading TPM) and make a comparison with Ford or GM. Who's leg is it that's shaking at the moment.

4. Boasting about his plant performance and the revenue per month and etc. Inside me I was laughing cause he thinks that I am that dump. Ask him who is he supplying the hand phone camera module to and he try to avoid the answer by giving a very generalise answer like "All the major hand phone maker". What a joke. As far as I know Nokia is not on their list at all. He's doing Sony Ericsson only and maybe some other European hand phone maker.

5. I had ask around people in the industry and each and everyone told me the same stories. They are stingy, calculative and above all pay is so so only. In fact I had a fresh grad who went for an interview in Flex and he told me he choose Jap than American cause their pay is not as good as here and he never regretted making the choice.

Finally I was glad I left the place as fast as I could. Flextronic is a production factory and that is that. It can only cut cost on the production and trying to roll out and increase efficiency of its production line. No R&D, design or anything exciting going on. I told myself I will never go for an interview in another factory again. Not FLEXTRONIC again.