Xilinx Reviews

Pros

- Good benefits and good environment

Cons

- Review grade is predefined
- Doing alot of routine job
- Poor management on future work

Advice to Senior Management

Please give promotion and increment based on job accomplish and not on relationship and seniority.

Pros

We do get GOOD WORK and can gain sound knowledge over the fast growing technologies in the day today tools

Cons

You will be the owner for the same IP for a long period which makes you feel uncomfortable after a period of time

Advice to Senior Management

Xilinx has a very good team to execute the job at a higher speed with great quality.
Keep going and prove that innovation is in our DNA :-)

Pros

Your growth depends upon how much you can take on.

Cons

Future roadmap not clear enough.

Advice to Senior Management

Plan better for better execution

Pros

Salary is very good
Benefits are decent
Financially stable
Bonuses were paid out during the recent downturn
Technology provides interesting work

Cons

Executive management is very weak and in some places vindictive and completely self-absorbed
Pay-for-performance implementation is executives get paid for your performance
You are left in the dark about anything relating to performance reviews and favorites and political gamesmanship rules the day
If you speak-up you are labeled a complainer and told that "there are plenty of people who want to work for Xilinx

Advice to Senior Management

Realize that your employees are there by choice any why you think you can just swap them out at any time for someone else, this has a major impact on the people - there is no need for the toxic environment some of you create in your organizations - people will produce better results and be more satisfied if you treat them with the professional decency and courtesy they deserve
We have an incredible opportunity for growth - more sharing of the rewards of that growth is warranted as it is the innovative ideas and hard-work and dedication of the employees that are creating that success - do not settle for 10% of that potential success as that does not provide enough for those whom are creating your wealth

Pros

Working level people are very cooperative and helpful.
Xilinx has a legacy as a great company.
There are a number of great thinkers remaining at Xilinx.

Cons

Our culture has shifted dramatically from legacy CEOs.
There are the elite, and then the rest. The rest are unimportant. People who helped build the company are unimportant.
Innovation, and vision dramatically reduced. We count beans, rather than innovate.
The business is moving away from its core values and what made it successful in the past.

Advice to Senior Management

At a fundamental level, they are intelligent, but don't seem to understand the Field Programmable Gate Array business. They do not seem to embrace the business initiatives that made us successful in the past. Quit counting beans and put some money into R&D.
They do not value the culture created by Bernie and Ross.

Pros

A true technology leader in the industry

Cons

Most new jobs are in India

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your employees like you value them. Provide for career advancement.

Pros

Great technology. Great people. Good benefits.

Cons

New management destroying the company and stifling innovation.

Advice to Senior Management

Bring back Wim!

Pros

1. Most individuals are motivated to do what is right for Xilinx and have high sense of ownership and accountability
2. Recognizes top performers & rewards them well
3. Generally good work life balance

Cons

1. Facilities need upgrade - mainly as company does not want to spend money on non-essential items
2. Several restructuring changes in the last few years (mostly for the right reasons) have let many employees jaded

Advice to Senior Management

Generally in the right direction, keep employees motivated for them to go above and beyond what is asked.

Pros

Great people (coworkers) and the benefits are excellent.

Cons

Expected to work long hours
Forced spread of yearly reviews means constant competition
No opportunity for advancement

Advice to Senior Management

Pay attention to the fears and worries of your employees - people are still scared of being laid off and they're very unhappy with the way bonuses are being handled.

Pros

very stable , and have good salary

Cons

carrer develepment, move job is not easy

Advice to Senior Management

enhancement on management, we need to a good schedule