If I can't convince you to run, at least do your research and know you are taking a job at a dumpster fire
Pros
compensation is good for the area
Cons
Before you take a job here, ask very very detailed questions, and ask to speak to other people on the team you are applying to. As someone who has had a career working at high-functioning organizations, I can honestly say that just about every aspect of working at Sonosite was a con. I spent my time there with my jaw dropped at the unbelievable level of disfunction, incompetence, and lack of any sort of systems, plans, or path forward. First, understand that FUJIFILM is a top down org and does continual improvement by fault finding and assigning actions with zero support on how to achieve them. So if continual improvement is you game, please understand that this organization will NOT allow you to utilize Lean or any other logical method of improvement. You will be subject to audits and prescriptive actions that are not usually reasonable, achievable, measurable, or even value added. Also realize that Fujifilm inflates titles like no business I've ever witnessed. VP's do the job of managers. Directors do the jobs of supervisors or assistants. Managers do the jobs of leads. So be aware that you will NOT have the power or support that you expect based on your title. Aslo be aware that Fujifilm has a leadership disease. They know only top down leadership, and have zero capacity to teach on to lead. The leadership in my group was 0% comptent at leading, and sadly only about 25% competent at doing MY job, let alone theirs (which was to manage) Understand that professional expectation at Sonosite are right out the window. Don't be surprised to hear and see VP's, Director's, and Managers swearing, whining, pushing off work, refusing to change, etc etc etc. If you understand Lean or manufacturing excellence, don't expect the production leadership team, or manufacturing engineering team to either understand or want to understand alternatives to the way it's done at Sonosite. And don't be surprised if a VP or Director looks you in the eyes and says something that completely goes against everything you've come to understand being true in manufacturing. And don't be surprised when they suggest you don't know what you are talking about or that your old company used to fudge their numbers if they claimed to be any better than sonosite. DIG Deep before you take a position with this company. It might work for you, but if you are at all involved in improvement, you will undoubtedly be moving backwards.
