GlobalFoundries reviews

Malta, New York is in the middle of nowhere. The winters are brutal and the cultural activities in the area are limited when compared to other east cost cities with semiconductor sites like NYC, DC, Boston. There are a couple of decent Indian and Thai places but nothing spectacular. And if you enjoy museums or zoo's, just forget it. The taxes in New York are some of the highest in the country, as is the cost of living, so what seems like a pretty good pay check doesn't go as far as you would expect here. With respect to the company itself, there is a complete lack of data based decision making at every level of the Malta site. The management and senior engineering leadership all work from "experience" and shoot from the hip on decisions rather than working from data and thorough analysis. This is a little puzzling since the technology nodes at Malta are bleeding edge... How is it possible to work from experience on a brand new technology? This has lead to spectacular screw-ups at every level. The overall mentality of the organization at Malta is that we have plenty of time to do something incorrectly two or three times, but no time to do it right once. The engineers and managers that disagree with this mentality have started leaving in frustration and there is a significant brain drain in the site. This has lead to overworked and stressed junior engineers and overall low moral.

Where to start... -The CEO refuses to acknowledge the +26% attrition rate when asked during "All Hands Meetings". The constant replacement of working level employees hinders the completion of projects since knowledge is never retained from the previous employees. -HR has no focus on retaining talent and would rather try to acquire talent. I'm not trained in HR practices but it is common knowledge that retaining talent is cheaper than hiring. HR freely gives out signing and relocation bonuses to try to attract talent as nobody wants to come here. -With the generosity to new hires you think that it would be the same for employees who have accomplished things for the company but its not the case. Raises ranged from 1-3% and bonuses were minimal. -No Career progression. Within my department not a single person received a promotion yet 5+ new hires were brought in at higher roles with zero experience in some cases. -No Accountability- People have no problem committing to a date but are rarely ever able to meet it. This is a huge problem and makes forecasting impossible. Don't believe the GLOBALFOUNDRIES propaganda that circulates in the Times Union. Yes they created a lot of jobs, but how many of them are for US citizens? Unfortunately yield isn't scored like golf...