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3.6

73% would recommend to a friend

(297 total reviews)
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Steve Kelley

87% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Advanced Energy has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 297 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Advanced Energy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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297 reviews
1.0
Nov 15, 2013

A once-great company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Before recent management took over, was a great company where innovative people could flourish and were well-compensated. It used to be the kind of company where you want to work forever...

Cons

New management came in and reduced compensation dramatically, fired extremely talented people (many just left), and off-shored much of the business. The people who have survived are overworked and there out of fear of losing their jobs. The "engineering" team is now working in a manufacturing facility with no sunlight ("the dungeon"), inside cubicles that are flood-stained (I'm not making this up) and with no promise of a future there. Everyone I know who worked there has quit (if they were lucky) or have been layed off. The only good news is that all the extremely talented people that have left have gone to work for their competitors.

1.0
Oct 17, 2013
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Pros

If you can get into one of the view engineering groups left (that has not been off-shored), there is much to learn and for sure you will be challenged with a great engineering experience. Pay and benefits seem to be in par with similar industries. There are some extremely talented engineers there (not many left though); the employees that remain are very good people.

Cons

Executive management simply does not care about employees...period! Board of directors is focused on "share-holder value". If you want a company were you can contribute your ideas to upper management then this is not the place for you. Lots of slogans and mission statements, but no substance behind them. Layoffs are frequent and deep; but they spin it in such a way as to not have to make announcements, so most of the public does not see half the layoffs.

1.0
Aug 6, 2013
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Pros

One person on my team was great. The rest were back stabbing and vindictive. The level of unprofessionalism was staggering. I've never worked in such a horrible environment.

Cons

Too many to mention. As someone who is intimately involved in this company's affairs - DO NOT WORK HERE.

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