Brooks Automation Reviews

Pros

Employee base is spread so thin you get to be involved in many varying activities and generally have control of your day to day decision making and direction. Limited management involvement beyond anual planning process.

Cons

Still very much a company of relationships, sneaker-net and politics. Silo building at upper managemenet level continue to keep this company from reaching its potential. Many wasted opportunities over the years. VERY political still but much better than 5 or 10 years ago.

Advice to Senior Management

Improvement of quality and on-time delivery is paramont to any future. Hire a professional supply chain team a.s.a.p. and integrate the business units at all levels. Stop the top down politics from getting the day to day business completed. Finally, develop new products and technologies WITHIN the window of opportunity. 5 years late to market and non-released products is killing any future in semiconductor.

Pros

Laid back supervisors... flexibility with time off.

Cons

The work is very boring, and the days drag on due to this fact. Very repetitive monotonous work environment with little opportunity to advance one's career. Company does not care about low end employees adn will unjustly hire and fire people without hesitation. Avoid.

Pros

The culture and variety are great. The opportunity to work with a lot of the semiconductor industry helps keep it interesting.

Cons

The work is work but that's life. The industry itself has a lot of cycles so layoffs are always a possibility.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't give up on US manufacturing, don't ignore you customers or your employees that are trying to do something. Play fair.

Pros

the people i worked with were great people. but managment does not care about employees. If you are a contractor here dont expect anything to happen for you!!

Cons

no respect or appreciation for working all weekend and going the extra mile for the company!! they will tell you its never in the budget to hire you but will always talk about record numbers of money earned!!

Advice to Senior Management

the money this company makes and you cant even try to take care of the people that make it happen for you everyday!!! learn to treat people with respect and they will want to work hard for you.

Pros

Exciting product lines. If you enjoy challenging work and a challenging environment then this is the place for you.

Cons

Benefits are extremely poor. Employees are not valued through performance and it shows in the benefit plans. HR Group are almost Finance Controllers. they are not seeking the employee's best interests.

Advice to Senior Management

Take a look at how you are compensated vs. the employees who actually do the work. If you begin taking care of the masses then they will work much harder for you.

Pros

Good People dedicated to the product

Cons

Ever changing management with no long term commitment. Taking the easy way out by outsourcing to China rather than the diligent work it takes to make it work here.

Advice to Senior Management

Long term commitment is needed

Pros

Good Products
high market share potential
Top tier customers

Cons

Strategy of the week mentality of senior management
Senior Management Bunker Mentality
Do not value people

Advice to Senior Management

Quit -