Xilinx reviews

Xilinx used to be a place that everyone was proud to work. Wim was a charismatic leader, who made a lot of crucial and successful business decisions, and was a true leader that the employees believed in. Moshe came on board, hired some really poor people to support him who really don't seem to understand the core-competence of the Xilinx's products or the importance of keeping the core knowledge of the innovative and creative engineers who were around before them. The bottom line is the new bottom line. Every decision is now made for maximizing short-term profitability at the expense of what appears to be the long-term health of the company. Excellent, talented, and very experienced engineers are constantly being let go from North America and Europe, and their jobs are being replaced in India and Singapore (usually in the name of being cost-efficient). It seems to be working in the short term to boost margins, but the long-term fate is extremely questionable at best.

New goal system actually discourages teamwork. While it is intended to motivate you to meet your goals, the side effect is that helping others might lower your place on the curve. This would lead to less chances for raises and bonuses. Top level management is out of touch with their employees. Xilinx used to be consistently one of the top ten companies to work for, now it doesn't even make the list. The attitude from the top seems to be one of little respect for the employees, their experience or skills. It seems the employees are considered easily interchangeable resources.