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Life of a Test Development Engineer

Test Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Analog Devices for 2 years
April 22, 2017
Cavite, Philippines
2.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  • High starting salary for a fresh graduate

  • Has competitive benefits: meal allowance, shuttle, 13.5 month pay, variable bonus, car/house loan subsidy, educational assistance, RSU(if you're lucky to be given)

  • Great place to start if pursuing a career in semiconductor

Cons
  • Low annual salary increase, sometimes less than inflation (which is unusually common for semiconductor companies in the PH)
  • Shortage of ATE testers resulting in night shift and weekend work schedule. Sometimes you will be asked to continue working instead of taking lunch due to very limited tester allocation
  • If you are the newest member of the team, chances are you will be the one to take the night shift, weekend schedule, and support the production on holidays
  • Politics is very evident. If the upper management doesn't know you, you will never be promoted. Promotion is based on 60% popularity 40% performance
  • You rarely have any say where your career will be heading. Internal mobility is decided by the management, never by the engineer
  • There is a lot of leg work for the engineer: pushing handler and other heavy equipment, repairing/troubleshooting the equipment, withdrawing units boards and spare parts, shipping units, and other things that can be assigned to an operator/technician but sadly they are part of the responsibilities of an engineer
Advice to Management

Please conduct an anonymous company survey for the employees so that you would know why you have high resignation rate and in order to prevent it.

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