ON Semiconductor - ex-employee - not by choice - Anonymous employee onsemi Employee Review

3.0
Apr 8, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Well-run. Company was in dire straights and deeply leveraged following Y2000 spin-off from Motorola Semiconductor. After CEO change, addition of new CFO, the company has not only become profitable, but well-positioned to grow. Senior management has leveraged core competencies in high volume commodities manufacturing into a money-making machine. They are not looking back.

Cons

ON frequently acquires complementary companies. Because of redundancies from the acquisitions, there was a lot of concern about maintaining employment. Terminations are usually very unexpected and swift. There seems to be a lot of survivor syndrome. I'm not sure any of that is different from any other companies, these days, though. Stock prices seemed to fluctuate more than the general market.

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Cons

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