TriQuint Reviews

Pros

TriQuint is a very positive place to work. Lots of interaction and willingness to help. Good life/work balance. Senior management is focused on the long haul and not exploiting people for short term benefit. Big effort on training in place.

Cons

Management can be passive and not make crisp decisions. Often seem to hang on to projects that don't go anywhere, letting things linger.

Advice to Senior Management

Need crisper implementation of vision and decision making. Keep the positive work environment and long term focus going. Really an excellent company.

Pros

Triquint has been a great place to work. Benefits, time off and salary are comparable or better than other places I have worked. Fellow employees are helpful. During the recent economic down-turn, Triquint did not have any layoffs to cut costs. We actually hired more people.

Cons

Triquint appears to be growing from a small company to a larger one. A common problem with this scenario is that the management level becomes bloated and bureaucratic.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep growing at a reasonable rate and don't increase middle management that much.

Pros

They have good benefits, good work/ life balance. They have a lot of talented folks to work with as well as good technologies. Strong competitive position in many areas.

Cons

It can take time to get what you need for your project. It can take a while to get what you need from other groups.

Pros

Competent co-workers, good location (Portland area).

Cons

Too many entrenched, paranoid managers. Used to have a decent work/life balance. Now it's more of a sweatshop.

Advice to Senior Management

Working your employees into the ground is probably not the best long-term strategy.

Pros

highly technical staff; reliable products; loyal customers

Cons

management protect themselves for their failures; small salary increases; low opportunity for advancement

Advice to Senior Management

get involved and take responsibiliy

Pros

Good people. Sabbatical - extra time off every 5 years.

Cons

Management is not held responsible for poor performance. Many areas lacking enough resources - managers earn bonus for not hiring if it is really needed. Mixed messages on what priorities should be. No clear lines of responsibility. Extreme competition for limited resources so often it is very hard to get the job done. New employees are rewarded with decent pay, but if you stay a long time, your salary will really fall behind. Hardest working people are not rewarded.

Advice to Senior Management

Clean house of poor performers, reward the people that are getting the job done.

Pros

Excellent pay, 12 hour compressed workweek, good shift premium, overtime pay after 8 hours.
Alternating weeks of 3 days on, 3 days off / 4 days on, 4 days off.
3 weeks vacation, 10 floating holidays, 3 week sabbatical after 5 years.
Excellent benefits.

Cons

Recent gravitation towards archaic management style.
No "fair" means of advancement.
Training is minimal and not prioritized.
The time needed to produce a "quality" per spec product is no longer allowed.
Management is very disrespectful towards direct labor employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Management, you have lost your way. Please respect your workers. Your job exists ONLY because of us. Focus less on your own advancement and more on what is good for the customer, the company, and the employees. Stop selling your soul to the corporate devil.

Pros

chance to development, flexible, grown

Cons

not large enough in the industry

Pros

Management wants to continue to improve and asks for new ideas. No BS when it come to expectations.

Cons

None come to mind. But, if you do not perform you will have a hard time

Advice to Senior Management

Continue what your doing.

Pros

TriQuint is a good, growing company. This is actually my favorite job out of the several jobs I've had. Management is reasonable and flexible, they generally try to do the right thing. I'm doing work that matters here. Good companies like this are hard to find.

Cons

Not really a downside, but you do have to produce!

Advice to Senior Management

Steady as she goes!