Huawei's a big company,the biggest in China I guess.

They deal with mobile networks,data com,optical networks,NGN,home networking products,etc..basically everything that you can think of for communcations.

Malaysia is the HQ for AP region and south asia, I guess now it covers Aussie and NZ too and some islands towards the east of aussie.

Heavy travelling is required if u r hired under Asia Pac office.Probably 1-2 months for each trip, come back for about 3-6 days and go again, but also depends on ur job scope

INterested in joining is it? which position?

I joined as a fresh grad 1 yr ago.

that's because ZTE is listed in China and HW is not.

Travelling depends on ur job scope. Some not so heavy, but some are very heavy.

Like my case, I was only in office for ONE day since Jan 1st, and that was to collect my air ticket.

The allowance doenst cover ur food and laundry.Others....depends on whether your boss wanna approve ur claims or not.

tech support

sometimes u ask...how many days a year..

what is ur major?

i'm working as tech support engineer...joined 1 yr ago as fresh grad

there was a walk in interview somewhere early last yr but i missed it due to my FYP, after that i sent my resume to them and they called me up after 1 month, and 3 days later they offered me the post.

exactly

Yes..for fixed network. Send me ur resume if you are interested.

From the salary the offer you, i assume that you're a fresh grad.

and if you're there hoping to learn things through the call center...just forget it. any diploma students w/o engineering/IT degree can easily do the work there.

i suggest u go for their technical support engineer, that position will help you learn things super fast, and better still if you're in radio planning or mobile products.

benefit wise...nothing except one ING card...but $$$ wise...is good. bonus+increment higher than what you can get outside.

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Added on January 29, 2007, 10:31 pmJust saw this post...so here are my few cents..

I used to work as huawei's technical support engineer for 2 yrs.



patching,upgrading,etc are all done at night..usually from 10pm-5am...and after you patch/upgrade, u have to test, this and that..a lot more stuffs which usually ends at 5am. and if something goes wrong halfway through, then you're under big pressure to get everything back normal before 6am..as traffic gonna increase by that time.



when you travel it depends. a lot of people like to tell me the travelling job is so fun, can go lotsa places, but this is not true. like balitong said, all you see is airport, office, hotel, eating place and customers site. and working 12-15 hours in overseas is a norm in a project.

so if you think working overseas is like going for holiday..think again..

but of course, if the place you go is having public holidays or long weekends..then of course can go lepak lah..

This post has been edited by schizophreak: Jan 29 2007, 10:31 PM

I think he's saying that those with salary >3k cannot claim for OT.

WHen i was in huawei last time, only the admin staffs can claim for OT. Even if you're an engineer and your salary is below 3k, you can't claim for OT.

From what I heard from my ex-colleagues, HW is paying about 2.7-2.8k for fresh grad, and once you're confirmed, you get another RM500 for local allowances (HP+transport). Probation is 3 months.

I think it's the same for MRO & AP. But marketing dept usually gets higher than TSD.

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Added on June 14, 2007, 10:07 pmNot all documents in chinese la...they are having more and more english documents compared to last time..

but one thing for sure...those more advanced documents are certainly in chinese because they dont have time to translate it..

those in english are those general/common documents.

This post has been edited by schizophreak: Jun 14 2007, 10:07 PM

This was during my time there..

USD40 - usual overseas allowance
USD50 - only for chinese guys at "dangerous" countries like pakistan/sri lanka,etc
USD60 - if you're at the place that has riots during that time like karachi

I have a malaysian colleague earning USD60 in Karachi last year.

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Added on June 21, 2007, 10:44 amAnswers to your question.

1. There are other races inside huawei as well, but i would say only about 10-15% of the total local employees. The question is - can you cope with the chinaman environment inside there? A few of my ex-colleagues (not chinese) said that they felt left out, mostly because of communication reasons, and eventually left.

2. I don't think they hire students for interns.

3. No interns = no allowances lor.

This post has been edited by schizophreak: Jun 21 2007, 10:44 AM

They do hire non-chinese, but it depends too on the manager. The important thing is whether you will feel comfortable working there or not if they hire you.