ON Semiconductor Reviews in Phoenix, AZ Area

Pros

Large enough to provide a good support system, but not so large that it turns into a slow moving bureaucracy. Coworkers are friendly, helpful and committed to good quality work.

Cons

Career advancement is not clear cut. Lot of it is relationship based.

Pros

-Great place to build resume
-Good salary, decent benefits
-Knowledgeable coworkers and staff
-Opportunities to act in several managerial and analyst roles
-Gave me a decent severance package after laying me off, even though my tenure was only 5 months

Cons

-Absolutely no job security, no tenure is safe
-Layoffs are very frequent
-Almost every new hire I met quit after a few months
-Low morale, somewhat depressing atmosphere
-Constant griping and complaining behind managers' backs, especially from engineers
-Bureaucracy is pretty rampant, especially with frequent organizational shakeups
-Rivalry within parts of the company, especially due to cultural differences
-Strong push to offshore analyst and manager positions to Shenzhen, including the one I held.

Advice to Senior Management

Be more lean with hiring workforces, don't hire and layoff in such a short cycle. Focus on making a less mercenary work culture.

Pros

The manager of the technical team I worked on was terrific.

Cons

Work environment somewhat depressing. Think Joe vs. the Volcano.

Pros

very relax and managements are very nice. They will work with you to become successful in your career. They can be both mentors and your managers.

Cons

It is very hard to understand the acronyms that they talk about in meetings. You are on your own in figuring out what they mean.

Pros

Intern work load can be a lot, but overall its easy. You never end up taking your work home which is nice. You get the chance to network a lot and during the summer, there is a big emphasis on making sure that interns have fun as there are lots of activities and events going on then.

Cons

If you want a more demanding experience as an intern, intern somewhere else. I personally feel as if I was rarely given any real responsibility and I don't like that. Communication can be good at times, but overall, if unless you're a manager, you tend to be left in the dark. Very siloed mentality overall exists.

Advice to Senior Management

Re-implement the rotational programs! Just be smart about it and actually do them for longer than 6 months if costs are a concern! Most companies attract and retain talent through such programs and they last 18 months per rotation usually. ON is losing out on talented individuals who aren't getting the opportunities to have the kind of experiences that they need coming straight out of college.

Pros

Many of the people in various departments and business units are well intentioned and work well together.

Cons

Procurement department management drives away staff and insults vendors. Teaming with internal customers is strongly discouraged. And HR doesn't seem to care.

Advice to Senior Management

Clean house in the Procurement department's management. ON should function as a team, and it hasn't been for awhile now.

Pros

It is a growing company in the semiconductor industry. Great scope for improvement and career opportunities within the Supply Chain Organization.

Cons

ON Semiconductor's culture and work environment is a little relaxed. It isn't a fast paced and dynamic work envirnment if you are expecting one.

Advice to Senior Management

Senior Management is doing a great job. They could also work on creating a solid college recuiting plan each year, so that they are able to capture the best talent from well known universities.

Pros

-very relaxed atmosphere, everyone is pretty laid back
-It was easy to ask questions, but you do not get a response immediately
-as an engineer, if you go up into lab, the engineers/techs that work there are great. They help you set up lab equipment and show you where everything is that you need.

Cons

-Management does not communicate what it wants done on projects. You are kind of left to figure out some things on your own and hope it meets your manager's approval
-Management does not communicate, period

Pros

sanyo acquisition. Revenue and Profit growth opportunity

Cons

too many Aquisitions happen in a shor time frame

Pros

company seemed going in the right direction when I was working. But I don't know what happened after I left (it was in 2006). People are friendly and nice to work with.

Cons

Not challenging work. Did not seem much room for improvement. Management were fickle. The projects get drop every now and then and your work will be useless.

Advice to Senior Management

Management should take care in to selecting the projects and proper follow through. Stop rearranging so much and have a fixed goal for near future.