Qimonda * Reviews

Pros

Good Benefits, 401K matching, etc.
Best paying job I've had so far
Opportunities for advancement when you start at the bottom

Cons

A lot of the opportunities for advancement depended on who you knew.
Bad communication as far as the shutdown went.

Advice to Senior Management

Better communication and honesty would have helped.
Advancement opportunities should be based more on ability and job performance instead of who you know.

Pros

It was satisfying work with a sense of accomplishment. Great team members. Great pay and benefits. Unfortunately the company went bankrupt in 2009.

Cons

The only downside to my specific job was working on the GPD tools and having to clean the inorganic arsenic material. Was hazardous, but always approached it with a safe mindset.

Advice to Senior Management

Well, I suppose there is no advice to give the management of Qimonda now since they have shut down and laid off 4000 employees.

Pros

The company was very up to speed on graphics memory. Lots of interaction with processor vendors from top firms made the job a very good networking opportunity

Cons

Management was poor and after a few months of leading employees in a nowhere direction, the bankruptcy plan was en route

Advice to Senior Management

Please focus on important projects, cut costs by selecting appropriate projects and people. Don't hide the numbers, they will catch you sooner or later

Pros

Great lower cost location, very good working atmosphere

Cons

Brutal industry and very cost sensitive, no financial backing

Advice to Senior Management

Should have sought a financial partner much earlier

Pros

freedom to do things. and working atmosphereis is good

Cons

lose study energy as a lot of work is verification

Advice to Senior Management

if it alive is OK, but it has bankrupt.

Pros

Free food(the covered the cafeteria cost)
Cool people to work with.
Layed back attitude.

Cons

Red tape(can't accomplish anything).
Managers do not communicate
Long hours

Pros

Great group team work, they were very goal oriented. Goals were clearly posted weekly for all employees to see what they were working towards.

Cons

Laidoff wothout notice when I arrived at work.

Advice to Senior Management

I am not sure what management style was in place but it did not work.

Pros

good infrastructure of the company office

Cons

bad management team leads to nowhere

Advice to Senior Management

not sure about the strategic direction

Pros

Decent benefits and job security no matter how much you screw up

Cons

Bad management, bad products, bad infrastructure

Advice to Senior Management

Quit and take a minimum wage position

Pros

Good company, pay, good engineering methodology

Cons

Too slow to change, too much interlevel management.

Advice to Senior Management

none - The insolvency should be the best example that things need to change to compete globally.