Does Futurewei Technologies pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Futurewei Technologies employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Futurewei Technologies. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Futurewei Technologies?

55% of Futurewei Technologies employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Futurewei Technologies 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Futurewei Technologies?

Software Engineer (14) , Principal Engineer (11) , Senior Staff Engineer (9) , Engineer (7) , Research Intern (6) , Director (5) , Intern (5) , Staff Engineer (5) , Architect (4) , Senior Engineer (4) , Senior Software Engineer (4) , Vice President (4) , Internship (3) , Senior Software Architect (3) , Software Architect (3)

What are the pros of working at Futurewei Technologies according to real employee reviews?

"Good pay and stock refresh" ((in 18 reviews)); "Salary and bonus are good" ((in 13 reviews)); "People are nice and smart." ((in 11 reviews)); "3. Compensation is competitive." ((in 9 reviews)); "Good work and nice colleagues" ((in 8 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Futurewei Technologies according to real employee reviews?

"Local management has no authority to set an agenda or reward good employees." ((in 12 reviews)); "Culture is bad, Chinese style" ((in 9 reviews)); "Some bad managers, high expectations" ((in 4 reviews)); "But if you learn to navigate it well (mainly persistence and constant communication with clients), and persevere, this is a strong team to work with." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Futurewei Technologies redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Futurewei Technologies redundancy and their outlook for job security at Futurewei Technologies in 2026.

Futurewei Technologies Reviews

4.0

55% would recommend to a friend

(173 total reviews)

Jason Chao

76% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Futurewei Technologies has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 173 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Futurewei Technologies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

173 reviews

1.0

15 Sept 2017

Pathetic Chinese culture. Always lying.

Architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

High Compensation and 8k 401k match (Match requires 4 year vesting though)

Cons

Focus on stealing Intellectual Property of other companies. No focus on employee personal well being. You need to be Yes-Monkey to survive here. If you cannot speak mandarin and read Chinese words, no room for career growth / advancement. Unrealistic dead lines, no work-life balance.. They will extract all you know about system design of your former employer and then dump you. The 3 and 4 star reviews are fake. Come here and you will find out. :)

Futurewei Technologies Response

8y

Thanks for sharing your experiences. We are continuously receiving feedback on ways we can improve as a company. In terms of patents, as of December 31, 2017, Huawei accumulatively granted 74,307 patents, applied for 64,091 Chinese patents, and accumulated 48,758 foreign patent applications, of which more than 90% were invention patents. Huawei has demonstrated in all markets a global presence based on its own R&D, innovation and creativity. The company also believes in providing opportunities to all employees through trainings, opportunities to work on cutting-edge projects etc. The key to our success is based on compliance and if employees have concerns about any violations then we urge them to seek redress through internal procedures. We believe in this way, we are able to protect and respect not only the work that our employees do, but also the work that other high tech companies are accomplishing.

1.0

22 Aug 2018

STAY AWAY!!! (Even if you are chinese)

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Parent company Huawei has tons of money to spend.

Cons

- Leaders have no say on roadmap and are puppets of HQ - Managers don't know how to grow people - Insane amount of travel (don't trust the job description or the manager during interviews!) - Improvement suggestions (Engineering and Process) are never heard. "This is Huawei...it doesn't work like that" is the response. - "If you can't innovate, copy the competitor" - Managers/HR will brag about patents...but they are hardly operationalized. There are many products that are simply copied from competitors engineering blogs, presentations, etc. No creativity or honesty.

1.0

10 July 2019

Stay away , for God's sake, stay away

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

High compensation. No need to work, because..nobody cares.

Cons

Where to begin? Non-existant to pathetic management. Crazy rich, unknowledgeable jerks. The worst I've ever seen in the computing industry. Beyond awful. Absolutely zero direction. You have no role and no purpose. Just a paycheck. Little to no English spoken. Absolutely, truly garbage software written by the poor 20 somethings back in China. I mean, this stuff could not pass a high school computer exam. The absolute worst hacks, organization that will make your stomach hurt. Oh, the US government does not like Huawei (which owns FutureWei.) If the FBI contacts you, do not say you were not warned. So, to hire you, they will wine and dine you. Then throw money at you (where does it all come from?!?) Treat you great for a.. few days. Then ... there is no purpose, there is no reason to have this office. Truly, absolutely, the most idiotic place I've ever seen. Your work life balance is great if you don't care one bit about your career. But you will make money! If you like that and only that, enjoy.

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