Forschung und Entwicklung
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Donnerstag der 19. Februar 2009 Hallo liebe Leser,
Ich schließe mich den vielen Bloggerwechseln an und werde ab jetzt auch von meinem Leben als Trainee berichten. Ich habe den Bloggerposten von Tobias übernommen. Allerdings liegt mein Schwerpunkt als Trainee in der Forschung und Entwicklung und nicht in der Informationstechnik und ich werde euch einen Einblick geben, was man als Informatiker(in) denn sonst noch bei […]
The first hiring experience
Freitag der 13. Juni 2008I have, for the first time, the feeling that someone else´s fate lies in my hand, when I stood in our line participating in the new operators selection process. “He might not have soldered very well, but he asks many questions, which shows good initiative.” Many Chinese are afraid of asking questions, especially when […]
Lean Line Design
Freitag der 28. März 2008I walked into the meeting room and saw our engineers playing with several small cardboard boxes with teeth and holes in them on the table. At a second glance, these paper boxes turned out to be some deliberate mocked-up products, hand-carved by our technical manager to use in the Lean Line Design workshop. That […]
Production rotation for R&D-Trainee
Montag der 25. Februar 2008“Do you have 400RMB?” my colleague asked urgently. I know borrowing money from friends and relatives is very common in China. But, at work? “The valve is there, I need to pay the express service, cash,” the engineer added excitedly. After three days of down-time due to a machine failure, we finally see the […]
The Joint AdVenture in Shanghai - III
Freitag der 25. Januar 2008 AdVenture 3: Have you driven a Chinese car?
“I am going to throw up…” screamed a trainee in the little bus I am driving. All the others are happily riding – let’s say, happily jumping on their seats (inside the car), because the lanes are that rough.
One of the stops we had at UAES was […]
The Joint AdVenture in Shanghai - II
Donnerstag der 17. Januar 2008 AdVenture 2: The Joint Venture – UAES
The actual event was a lot of fun. We learned a lot about our host: UAES, the biggest player in the Chinese market for gasoline engine management system. UAES is a 50-50 joint venture of Bosch and a conglomerate of Chinese manufacturers, among which SAIC is the major […]
The Black-out
Mittwoch der 2. Januar 20083:20pm: The executive vice president of finance of our Chinese subsidiary shook hands with K, pleased with what K had shown him. Suddenly, „Boom!“ Then darkness. Then, emergency lights came on. I turned around to K, my hands still on the assembly machine “Dude, what did you just do?” - “Nothing, I swear!” - […]
Christmas - the Chinese way
Donnerstag der 27. Dezember 2007“Merry Christmas!” A crowd of people with red Santa hats rushed through the restaurant, blowing paper whistles and hitting people in the restaurant with air-filled plastic hammers. “Ouch!” the few foreigners in the restaurant fell victims to the relentless hammers and looked more than disconcerted by this Chinese way of X’mas. In the background […]
Trainee Program: myth and reality
Freitag der 2. November 2007What is a standard trainee program?
There is no such thing. Some trainees have 6-7 trainee stations, some have only 3-4. Some trainees never have a corporate station at Schillerhöhe, the corporate headquarter, some have more than one. There is also no rule, when one does what. There are countless possibilities at Bosch, the advantage a […]
Bosch Values
Dienstag der 30. Oktober 2007 The first thing I learned when I entered Bosch was the House of Orientation. It is the manifesto of what we live for, why we do what we do, and how we should do it. I have heard it millions of times, but have not felt it so strong as today.
At lunch, I […]
