Does GlobalFoundries pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, GlobalFoundries employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at GlobalFoundries. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at GlobalFoundries?

66% of GlobalFoundries employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated GlobalFoundries 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at GlobalFoundries?

Engineer (217) , Process Engineer (188) , Principal Engineer (157) , Senior Engineer (142) , Intern (106) , Equipment Engineer (96) , Member Of Technical Staff (69) , Manager (59) , Maintenance Technician (56) , Associate Engineer (48) , Member of Technical Staff(MTS) (44) , Senior Process Engineer (44) , Internship (35) , Process Integration Engineer (35) , Process Technician (35)

What are the pros of working at GlobalFoundries according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and 401k" ((in 234 reviews)); "The benefits are good as is the 401 k but beyond that not much else of redeeming quality." ((in 211 reviews)); "Great people working in the FAB doing everything they can to hold this place together." ((in 167 reviews)); "Good pay and experience for an internship" ((in 126 reviews)); "Colleagues are friendly and easy to work with in Fab 10 (East Fishkill)." ((in 114 reviews))

What are the cons of working at GlobalFoundries according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management to grow own employees to manager level" ((in 237 reviews)); "Some managers have little or no concept of how ridiculously time" ((in 98 reviews)); "Upper management is blind to what goes on especially if you work a night shift." ((in 53 reviews)); "Very poor Senior leadership" ((in 44 reviews)); "Low bonus and increments for employee" ((in 41 reviews))

What are employees saying about GlobalFoundries layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about GlobalFoundries layoffs and their outlook for job security at GlobalFoundries in 2026.

What are the top reviewed GlobalFoundries locations?

Malta , Essex Junction , Santa Clara , Burlington , Essex , East Fishkill , New York , Albany , Austin , Milpitas , Hopewell Junction , San Jose , Ballston Spa , Sunnyvale , Saratoga Springs , Fishkill , Malta , Clifton Park , Poughkeepsie , Dallas , South Burlington , Edgewater , Trenton , Ballston Lake , Mechanicville , Schuylerville , Buffalo , Queensbury , Brooklyn , Uniondale

GlobalFoundries reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(2,427 total reviews)

Tim Breen

72% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (2,427 reviews)

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GlobalFoundries has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,427 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

1.0

Jul 14, 2014

"State of the art factory." -It's just like every Intel, Samsung and TSMC fab, only smaller & less efficient...

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great job for Engineers as we never have to go into the factory. We get to spend our entire day dodging work by going to meetings. Another great hiding place is the fab itself. That place is usually a ghost-town, void of anybody but the shift equipment techs. Great job for Process Technicians and Process Engineers as well, as they are not required to spend any time in the factory. Another great thing is that even if you do absolutely nothing, they'll bring in some IBM Engineers to pick up your slack.

Cons

Don't call yourself a state of the art factory if you plan on using SiView or Xsite. It's like driving a Ferrari with a Yugo motor. Second source or start from scratch. Do something, anything, but please quit band-aiding these trash programs and continuing to tell us that they're great.

1.0

Jul 10, 2014

Almost worked there

Senior technology and integration engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great potential to challenge the rest of the foundry buisness

Cons

No one with experience and good business sense will work here with these kind of reviews. This many reviews indicates a trend. Anyone with a savy business sense can understand this trend. I would have loved to work here, I have many years of semi experience, but not under these conditions.

1.0

Jul 2, 2014

Speechless

Manufacturing engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice office space. Some really experienced technicians/engineers to work with. Good place for initial learning about how a semiconductor fab works overall.

Cons

Clueless management repeatedly failing to keep employee morale up and meeting customer targets. Each department views its own KPI as the most important goal for the company. Presentation data often manipulated to show what executives would like to believe. Majority employees treat the job only as a 'paycheck'. Lack of an original value of proposition and adhering to it

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