Analog Devices – “Very little ever changes here. So if you just want to get to work and do what you're told, you will love it here.”

Pros

Pretty good 401K match. Pay is average to the industry I think. Bonuses get better as you advance in grade level. If you are a really hard worker, you need not even put in 40 hours to run circles around the average workers. But if you are not in MA, opportunities are limited. Either move to MA or battle it out with the senior site managers and engineers.

Cons

A re-org means that some people at E13 and above swap nameplates and titles around, change accounting buckets of products, alter some group names and call it change. Everyone else is wondering why it was called a re-org. There is hardly any growth left in this company with the current resolve to hold back increased investment. It has the same revenues as 10 years ago and the same stock price to boot. They have quit talking about becoming a $5B company anymore. The engineers work on projects in the lab and at design stations, while managers stay in their offices with the doors closed most of the time. It is a rare sight to see a manager looking at the technology in the lab or elsewhere.

Advice to Senior Management

You guys need to shake things up. Figure out how to grow the business. Several competitors have grown by leaps and bounds in 10 years. Why can't ADI? If you can't do it, step aside and let someone else run the show.