GlobalFoundries reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(2,431 total reviews)
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Tim Breen

75% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

GlobalFoundries has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,431 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GlobalFoundries 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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2K reviews
2.0
Nov 16, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Equipment, Advanced Nodes to work on, some great people

Cons

No emphasis on planned skill ramp-up of engineers. Huge struggle to find documentation about key technical steps. No clear definition of a group's goals, activities and key outputs. Everyone is doing everything, lot of replicated efforts. People want to do their job well but not make a good product. Blame shifting happens a lot. Useless procedural formalities keep on piling up.

2.0
Nov 5, 2013

Contractor run

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Don't get hands dirty, Compressed work week.

Cons

Too many poor managers, All technical work is given to contractors or vendors- we clean up after them.

1.0
Oct 31, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Exposure to state of the art fab/equipment, decent access to trainings, reasonable benefits package, and good short term learning opportunities.

Cons

By combining the content of the vast majority of previous reviews, you will have a very good idea of what's like to work for GF: Poor work life balance, inefficient management practices such as too many meetings and little action, poor guidance from team leaders due to either lack of experience or their inappropriate background, constant change of plans/priorities, overall chaotic environment, and very limited/unlikely channels for career growth to name a few. It's hard to understand how such a business strategy can be in place with the expectation of any kind of success. Employee morale, which should be the driving force of a successful company, is going downhill across the entire organization. If you plan an enjoyable career in the semiconductor industry, GF does not seem the right place to be.

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