Culture at Fisher & Paykel Appliances

Within my team, there is such a great culture. However, I find there is quite a strong sense of hierarchy within the senior and exec teams which makes me feel quite disconnected. Especially with COVID and it not being common to show your face in meetings it is hard to get to know people outside of your team.

In the office, people are always hard at work. There's not much interaction between the team while at work, but in the morning some people will have a good chat before starting work, which brightens up the day. Teamwork is pretty well done in the company through out my experience in joining meetings associate to projects. Everyone understand their part of work but also understand the impact of each part of their work with other teams which is highly admirable. I have find it hard to socialize with my team mates as most of them are very busy, but otherwise there are some friendly people to talk to which is good. From talking to my colleagues, I still find that there is still some misogynism in the company that have been overlooked at, or have been taken too lightly, more awareness should be enforce in the company as some people might be too comfortable with their environment to have overlook misogynism.

Everyone is friendly and seems to enjoy their work. The attitude is positive and there are several work clubs and after work activities to take part in.

In the office: chill, lots of small talk between teammates After work: have social clubs, although I have not participated any of those due to COVID restriction.

Don't need to look at the work email after hours. Cooperation happens a lot depend on your role and project you involved in.

I believe that the company has quite a healthy culture where working after hours is seen as strange rather than being admired like in some eastern cultures. The hierarchy is logical and doesn't inhibit dialogue between seniority/superiors. The company is highly cooperative and teamwork is used effectively. Socialising is definitely encouraged however, I seem to be in a fortunate position where there were many new hires at the same time. Socialising has be affected by COVID and social groups aren't held for safety reasons.

Everyone always happy to help. After hours work is not expected or forced, although sometimes you do a couple extra hours a week if testing runs late and you choose to stay. Structure is in functional teams, that are then Individually part of projects with different functions. Reporting to a functional leader, who reports to functional manager which enables good streamlining in laundry. Colleagues enjoy having a good convo, friday drinks and happy to help and work together.

Everyone is social and is open to helping out or chatting about hobbies. Friday beers are a good way to mix and mingle.

Within teams, the culture is really good. Communication is good and feedback is freely given. On Fridays after work the company have drinks in the social kitchen. Because of the size of the office, there is little interaction with teams outside of those you directly deal with.

Good culture amongst the graduate cohort and within my personal team. People that are superior in the hierarchy are very approachable, helpful, and do not usually feel intimidating. Perhaps a lack of crossover between teams in the business (ie. not much social mingling between PD/IT/Brand+Marketing/ID etc.

The culture is great - everyone is easily approachable and always willing to help. My team in particular were easy to integrate in to and consistently work to maintain a good culture. We do social activities outside of the office as well as during work times.

Everybody is kind, friendly, and happy to help. I have good relationships with my leaders and feel the hierarchy, which is structured to efficiently and effectively develop products, easily allows everyone to interact with ease, no matter their position. We have frequent meetings were we discuss what we're working on and organise ourselves so we can work efficiently in parallel. There are lots of clubs for socialising, both in and out of work hours. My group of grads often do things after work.

Overall the culture is pretty good, Been hard with being in-between FLs. The team in general is amazing though.

The culture is very enjoyable to be a part of. Colleagues are extremely knowledgeable and really helpful. Friday beers occur every week and is a great chance to socialise.

Very good for the workers. The interpersonal approach to productivity means there is an ongoing communication with many members of the team. Not sure if this is good for the company, especially if staff turnover rate is high and the interpersonal approach means that the knowledge gained is within the persons, not the system. This is better for addressed for mechanical dept than electronics

Our company is comprised of several (>20) teams (3-8 people per team), each of which is led by a Functional Leader (FL) who reports to one or more of the Executive Leaders. Each team works in close collaboration with each other. Employees are very passionate about their work and the company's purpose. We regularly celebrate our individual and team successes (e.g., company-funded lunch or outing for meeting a deadline, Friday drinks) as well as birthdays and other key milestones. Us graduates regularly catch-up outside of work (e.g., go to the beach, BYO, bowling).

Everyone is friendly and happy to help out or share knowledge. The structure of teams are physically laid out such that you can easily walk up to someone and talk to them, even from a different team. Team leaders sit amongst their team and the chief engineers (who oversee the wider projects) are also positioned close-by in the open-plan office. Very open space to encourage collaboration within and between teams. The company has a few staff-led clubs such as Thursday football after work, boxing sessions some mornings, Chinese language classes, etc. Most teams will also have some sort of monthly catchup with a company-paid meal, such as breakfast, where the team can relax and enjoy some kai and banter together (on company time). Friday drinks is also nice.

Cooperation, teamwork, and communication between colleagues and departments has been good. Friday evening drinks is a great initiative and the act of providing food and purposefully putting aside time to socialise is effective and authentic. Socialising and social opportunities depends on the team, which can be harder when working on single-person tasks that don't have frequent overlap with other ongoing tasks. After-hours social events/groups don't often seem to cross team/department boundaries.

Fairly standard structure, a lot of communication within my team and also with other teams when necessary. Colleagues are friendly and social

Really friendly, helpful workplace culture. Large focus on learning from each other and people are always happy and willing to make time to help. We have a great dedicated social space which is able to be used by various social groups within the office.