Microchip Technology reviews

Microchip really lives up to their Microcheap name. They underpay their employees if you compare the salaries to the nearest competitors. They don't spend much on their employees when it comes to training/improvement, or even to physical things like top-of-the-line PC's and accessories to work with. Lack of room for growth, as well as a lack of cool projects due to Microchip being a second-to-market type company. R&D spending is at a minimum, so you usually work on devices that already exist in the market (Microchip just tries to make their own version). Many times, things move so slowly, that by the time these products are released, they're outdated. On many occasions, I noticed that even if things are done inefficiently or ineffectively, they're very difficult to change. People/departments are not responsive to feedback, and even if they are, things progress quite slowly.

The biggest con for the company seems to be the base salary and the speed with which promotions and raises come. There's a minimum years experience for promotions and raises which destroys motivation to learn skills quickly.