The word I would use to describe my time at Globalfoundries is "chaotic". I joined fresh out of college and even with my little experience was able to tell that things were not running nearly as smoothly as they could. They struggled to establish a work culture that they wanted to stick to, so there were lots of non-cohesive attitudes. There were very aggressive targets set for the business, and employees worked extremely hard (overtime, holidays, etc) to meet these goals, but this resulted only in further pushing from management and unfortunately not a lot of recognition. Many of the employees are burnt out, especially the few really good ones that eventually wind up leaving or transferring departments in hopes of better compensation or promotion.
I think they have been making progress over the past few years, but it has been slow and too many mistakes. During my time there (left in 2014) I would rate management as poor overall. Salary was alright, but there was not a good or clear method for self-progression and promotions or salary bumps. Benefits package was pretty good, and time off was decent... however with the extreme pressure to work constantly it felt frowned upon to take a day off. I almost always expected calls when I was off work. Hopefully they have streamlined some of their processes by now.
