The pay and benefits are good.
Some people are stuck in the same mentality that screwed the company over in the past. There is also often not one unified goal.
A good amount of employees have PhDs, but there is a resistance to experimentation and change. Consequently, the PhDs are going to waste, since experimentation is the whole point of a PhD.
Lots of politics and buzzwords.
Please ensure that you pair new employees with good, forward-thinking managers. Also, all groups need to put the company goal above individual metrics. There shouldn't be conflicts because one group needs to get wafers out the door, another group needs to make sure as much of a wafer is functional as possible, and another group needs to drive down cost.
The interview experience with the manager and the team was fairly straightforward and positive. The manager sent an email for a phone screen. During the phone screen, I was asked for an overview of the semiconductor fab process and some data analyti
I had an interview scheduled for Monday morning with a hiring manager who seemed to be in a bad temper. I have 8 years of experience as an engineer, but he kept interrupting my descriptions. He also seemed to think my work was barely enough to be con
The manager contacted me at 6 AM and wanted to talk the next day about the job. Questions were about my PhD and skills that I think are important to the job. I did not hear back after.
The interview experience with the manager and the team was fairly straightforward and positive. The manager sent an email for a phone screen. During the phone screen, I was asked for an overview of the semiconductor fab process and some data analyti
I had an interview scheduled for Monday morning with a hiring manager who seemed to be in a bad temper. I have 8 years of experience as an engineer, but he kept interrupting my descriptions. He also seemed to think my work was barely enough to be con
The manager contacted me at 6 AM and wanted to talk the next day about the job. Questions were about my PhD and skills that I think are important to the job. I did not hear back after.