Feb 28, 2015
Keysight Technologies reviews
3.9
76% would recommend to a friend
Satish Dhanasekaran
71% approve of CEO
65% positive business outlook
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3.0
Feb 14, 2015
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Pros
The people and culture here is what makes this place great. Part of the reason is most employees are from the HP-era. Work life balance runs deep. There is no issue with taking off early to pickup your kids from school or attend any school functions. Management is understanding as long as you get your work done. The type of work done here is truly remarkable. The wealth of experience designers is beneficial especially to someone who wants to get in and learn. Access to some of the best lab equipment helps in developing even better products.
Cons
Biggest gripe for employees is compensation. Management is always finding ways to reduce the bonus payout. What use to be 10-15% target pay has been reduce to 2-3% now. Yearly adjustments are in the order of 2-4% and hardly tracks the increasing cost of living in the area. Layoffs occur every 2-3 years and lack of similar companies in the area almost guarantees that you will have to move away. Job security has been low the past couple of years. Personal growth is slow since T&M market is somewhat of a niche market. The general consensus is that someone has to retire in order for an opening to be made available. The test/production groups tend to lose young engineers often because better opportunities await them in the Bay area. I've spoken to a few test/production engineers and they all seem to dislike working with the overseas team because of the huge technical knowledge drop off.
4.0
Feb 2, 2015
Solid management, great products, and well positioned
Anonymous employee
Current employee, more than 3 years
Santa Clara, CA
Recommend
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Pros
Work life balance is great, very flexible. Solid, consistent financial performance leads to stability. Lots of people have been here for 30+ years, so it is a great place to work.
Cons
Historically we have underinvested in R&D and futures. Staff replacement is skimpy (meaning that you constantly are getting more tasks heaped on you). We run really lean, and this does lead to some burnout. Also, with long history, and being "large" there is a lot of process overhead to work within.
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