1-2 Years of Employment Review (Technician Standpoint) - Automation Technician GlobalFoundries Employee Review

3.0
Jul 13, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Good way to get your foot in the door inside the industry in a growing company. - Potentail to move up and lateraly in positions. - Decent benefits, this will be up for you to compare with other companies. - Thomas Caulfied as the CEO has done a great job when looking at how well the company is doing in the market since he has taken over leadership. - Night shift differential 12.5%, this can be worth it if you like working nights. Although as a night shift worker I would heavily recommend trying to get a day time shift. (See Cons below). - Interesting people to work with with. Some have made me want to better myself and really look at the direction I want to grow.

Cons

- Depends on the department but the culture can be a bit negative. This could be due to excessive short staffing during this time (2021). Generally there is a fair amount of turnover from my experience since starting at the tail end of 2019. - Starting pay is not competitive for the industry. Higher ups have specifically stated they are not trying to be competitive with pay, so be forwarned. - Low pay raises, compaired to my previous empoyement. This could be because they are planning to go IPO and want to show profit margins to potental investores. However from what I hear this has been the staple for years. This year (2021) many were expecting a larger raise increase than what was given due to how well the company did during COVID. - Working night shift will not offer the same opportunities as a day time shift if you're looking for upward mobility. During days you will have more access to work directly with engineers on projects to help advance your career. This allows you to be seen/network with the higher ups in your department leading to possible advancement. - This may depend on department and shift but training can be lackluster. There is a system for training setup but from my experience it is not followed. Many things I've just gone ahead and learned my self which is alright and I'm capable of doing but it is not ideal. Again this could just be my individual experience.

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Cons

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Pros

Interesting job learn something new everyday. Don't get dirty Never got denied OT Pays okay if you live in troy, if you want to work within 20 mins of your job tho have 2 roommates.

Cons

Management refused to let an employee work from home so he can take care of his wife for 3 months. When his coworkers do the same job from Malaysia. Litho dept days management is bad management is some how neither technical, professional or a people person. Rules are selective They will promote MTs sleeping with leads And force out MTs who questions it. They will promote one MT who has destroyed 100k in product And hold back another due to vibes They offer jobs or promotion to who they deem worry months in advance and then ask everyone else to apply for the same position for the optics of fairness. They create narratives about about employees without ever interacting with them. Department doesnt have a good training program. They will praise one tech for doing 4 pass downs and criticize another tech that does a PM which if separated would be 10 pass downs. They have realized they are under paying everyone so knew hires are making more than employees at 3 or 4 year mark. They installed a new machine and it sat for a year until ready for production and in that time they never gave a class to explain to night shift how to operate and troubleshoot the machine. They dont have a standard for documentation so finding the information and the information being full filled out is hit or miss. The vibes are off, people constantly take pay cuts to leave. The company as a whole does not seem proud of it self. Other big companies people say hi to each other in the hall, you will see the company logo on vest and hoodies. People speak about their work with excitement.

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