GlobalFoundries reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(2,427 total reviews)
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Tim Breen

74% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

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).

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2K reviews
1.0
Apr 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Many experienced people (tech/engineer level) within the actual work force willing to help you gain some experience.

Cons

People making decisions have no idea what it takes to succeed. Changes made just to show that changes are being made, even if they don't make sense. Any position above shift engineer have been turned into "yes" men. Have seen spec changes, that the only change was one letter in the text, but that small change comes across as a "change" and is being used as evidence that people are doing work from the office area, which is a joke. Lower level managers are being misused, they have good ideas and true changes, that mid-level managers turn down so they can feel important. I lost all faith in the people making the decisions as I don't think they really have an idea about semiconductors, process, equipment, or management of people. Promotions were made without posting the position, but experienced people were denied promotions based off random reasons without documentation to back up the reasons. Did not have much experience with the HR department, but the one time I did need them it was a disaster. Needed to get a birthdate changed on the insurance plan. After multiple calls it was determined that GF HR needed to submit the forms. Since I worked nights my time within the building with the HR department was limited, so after 2 weeks I finally got a response from a HR person( after I sent a email to everyone), and it was determined that the person in charge of the insurance and the person I kept being directed to was on maturity leave and wasn't going to be around for a long time? WHAT!! no communication to the people who kept forwarding me to her? Perfect example of the GF way of life.

1.0
Apr 3, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice facility, engineers get to work with brand new equipment. Great networking opportunities since most of the employees move on to much better companies and hopefully they can pass on a good word. Good area to live and raise a family.

Cons

There are three kinds of people that work at global. 1) People that hate their job and are looking for other jobs 2) People that hate their job but need to fulfill their 2 year contract and 3) People that hate their job but have moved up in the company to far with too many benefits to start over at another company. That in a nut shell describes the culture of the company. Its such a poisonous place to work I don't think it can be repaired. Work life balance is horrible! The techs hate their job because they opinions are not respected and they have turned into chemical bottle changers, and the engineers hate their job because they never have time between all the meetings to actually engineer anything.

3.0
Apr 3, 2014

Good compensation, but not results

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The compensation paid here is pretty high,and they really are trying to improve business results. Company strives to instill core values.

Cons

This company has more than it's fair share of politics and cronyism. Work-life balance has deteriorated as management focuses on time spent in office, after hours calls in morning and evenings still required. Company becoming tighter on discretionary expenses due to financial pressures, so not as pleasant to work in as more successful companies.

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