Hardware Engineer • Current Employee
Pros: Used to have some of the best talents in the world.
Arbitrary work assignments led to few lucky people getting good work regardless of experience.
Best place to work for 1-2 years if you want to do MS/PhD later.
Company has an overall good reputation outside.
One of the best CEOs around the world.
Cons: - No or very limited employee benefits and rewards.
- Too many project cancellations; the company has been on the downfall for the last 3 years.
- Too many managers and leads compared to the working force, leading to more work per employee.
- The company makes sure not to give any compensation or benefits to retain employees.
- A lot of politics. Work contributions are not valued. What is more valued is how many managers and HR contacts one has.
- Slipping deadlines has become a habit for the company. Unrealistic project deadlines lead to more stress on an already lean workforce.
- Local managers do not encourage new ideas or methodologies.
- Outdated and very old technology and methodology flows.
- Core values are only meant to be on slides. If followed strictly, it leads to total isolation from the team.