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Xilinx

Acquired by AMD

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What happened in the past 8 years? - Staff Engineer Xilinx Employee Review

1.0
Apr 22, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits. That's about it.

Cons

It's only the OK salary that gives me any satisfaction. Every three months, they have us working ridiculous 7-day-a-week, 12-hour schedules. This lasts for about a month. Repeat two months later. No time off in between. How does executive management solve the problem? It's a 3-prong approach: a) management takes week-long, unbooked vacations to Aspen in the heat of the work cycle, b) have a few rounds of morale-boosting layoffs, and c) not hire, even to cover headcount. Hey, at least margins are up... temporarily. In my nearly 20 years, this is easily the worst I've seen it. Don't just take it from this disgruntled employee; our internal employee surveys show the same thing. I wish I could share the results of our survey from the past 2 years. It's very eye-opening to everyone, except those in management (the very same who interpret the survey and act on the results).

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5.0
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Pros

Great company to work for. Good leadership, bleed edge technology work, great peers, transparent management.

Cons

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4.0
Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

Chill environment great people learn a lot

Cons

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