Xilinx – “What has happened to Xilinx is tragic”

Pros

The pay and benefits are competitive. There are lots of bright, friendly people in the engineering positions. The balance between work and the rest of your life is reasonable.

Cons

Xilinx was a great company to work for under the leadership of Wim Roelandts. The emplloyees felt that the senior management cared about them and were not purely looking at the profits. All that has changed under the new regime. Something is seriously wrong when the software division is placed under the direction of four different VPs in a little over one year. Many excellent people have voluntarily left or been discarded.

Advice to Senior Management

Xilinx needs to return to its core values, placing people above profits. Cutting vital engineering jobs is a short-sighted strategy that only serves to demoralize the workforce and weaken the products.