Freescale Semiconductor Reviews

Pros

Good starting point for a junior engineer.

Cons

Not enough incentives for senior programmers.

Pros

Open door policy
Engineers are empowered for most part
Good communication within and across fans

Cons

Employee growth and career growth slow
Extremely stressful

Advice to Senior Management

Please focus on HR development

Pros

Time off
Work life balance
Ability to move around

Cons

Salary compensation
Business groups work in silos

Pros

Holiday Events Volunteer Events Food

Cons

Demoralizing Management
Management from other countries abusive to employees
Poor Financials, so much debt IPO would be a joke
No cutting edge technology
Unethical behavior of Managers
No Growth in Job all is keep you down and be quiet
Management only interested in IPO to make their money and run
Work Hard with no support from Management
Constant change in blaming people so layoff targets can be met
Very political especially with the old Cronies from Motorola days
HIring all offshore, so USA people have to work twice as hard
Layoff of key personnel because they cost too much to keep on payroll
Hiring of non-degreed employees as engineers
Clerks running given portions of operations

Advice to Senior Management

No advice, the company is a mess, and you have positioned yourself to make a lot of money for an IPO and then take off like the first set did.

Pros

The people are great, and it is an awesome place.

Cons

No defined career path, and lack of organized professional growth.

Advice to Senior Management

Help employees better use the abilities they have, and develop the skills that need attention. Don't expect them to do it themselves. There is a reason they are good at certain things and lack on others.

Pros

- Very flexible work place
- Good balance between work and life
- Decent benefits

Cons

- Slow moving organization
- Bad strategic decisions by senior management.

Pros

Good salary and benefits. Flexible work environment

Cons

Not allowed to deliver a level of customer service that I am comfortable with. Focus has always been on cutting costs and moving jobs out of the county.

Pros

Ethical company, respectful, great product offering for the markets space we're focused on. Company has a lot of potential if tapped correctly.

Cons

debt is a huge burden to our long term success. Pay increases have been non-existent for years now. Rank and rate system is biased, mid-level executives are not capable of long term needs for the company.

Advice to Senior Management

reward employees with pay increases and career growth paths. award pre-ipo stoc,opitons to allow hard working employees to gain financially through up coming IPO.

Pros

interesting products and technology to work with, benefits are ok, PTO time is good, flexiable work hours,

Cons

performance is not recognized or rewarded; if you want no career growth you need to be in Austin (HQ) TX; management focused on short term profitability at expense of long term technology leadeship,

Advice to Senior Management

More transparency and communication

Pros

No much work pressure
Salary is good.

Cons

Performance and ability are not recognized very well.