Zygo Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Zygo

Pros – Plenty of independence. Work product is appreciated. Co-workers are respectful. Supervisor understanding. Work is not repetitive. All levels of employees are on the ball.

Cons – Management seems to try hard, results lacking. Management is secretive. Little team spirit and team building. Direction is not a strong point.

Advice to Senior Management – New CEO installed in Spring 2010. He seems to be young and entrepreneurial, shoots from the hip. Has a chance to turn things around. However, says things that are inappropriate, but since he's the CEO nobody calls him on it.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Zygo full-time

Pros – good salary, benefits and life insurance

Cons – no a healthy environment, no a good place to work for

Advice to Senior Management – be more more careful with the people

Former Employee – worked at Zygo

Pros – Interesting technology, extraordinary and talented R&D engineers, great depth of knowledge and experience in optical fabrication and metrology, great team spirit and working relationships

Cons – Unclear corporate strategic direction, weak leadership, assumption that new technology will create its own market, technical arrogance, little room for professional advancement, little recognition of the value of project management

Advice to Senior Management – Pay more attention to your customers' needs. Don't assume you know their needs better than they do. Develop your strategy plan, and stick to it. Take care of your people.

Current Employee – been working at Zygo

Pros – Zygo is a very old company with a lot of smart, technical people. It is definitely a great place to be if you want to learn a lot, especially as an engineer.

Cons – The politics. While the older boys are sticking together, they have certainly stuck it to the younger folks. This puts a damper to innovation and creativity (things younger workers may thrive on). Buyer beware: Zygo retains a lot of its talent because of its location. Once older workers are hooked, they are not likely to move away because there is little in the surrounding area. The younger folks are a little more mobile and Zygo seems to be unable to retain them.

Zygo also tends to overwork and undercompensate their workers. I've had to deal with many complaints of this in the past, but because of the structure, a manager could do little.

Advice to Senior Management – Management often times forget that the younger generation of workers need to be taught and nurtured, often driving them away. Compensate your workers, recognize them accordingly, and quit focusing on your exit strategy. If the company is good, the money will follow.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Zygo

Pros – Zygo hires excellent technical people and has challenging products / projects to work on. There is good esprit de corp among the technical staff to get problems solved and help out co-workers. If you are interested in engineering challenges, this is a very good place to work.

Cons – Zygo is a medium to small sized company but sometimes it is managed as if it were a very large company.

Advice to Senior Management – Take a longer term view on how to run the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Zygo full-time for more than a year

Pros – The management cares about individuals' health and well-being.
There is plenty of work.
Targets are well-defined.
There are no power games or wars. Just work, work, work.

Cons – Work, work, work. Long hours, long weeks.

Advice to Senior Management – Please introduce new employees!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Zygo

Pros – Company culture is much better than most of the local companies. If you perform good, then got chance to be promoted

Cons – The senior management board is not awared of the local issues. I think they made a wrong decision to shut down the singapore department

Advice to Senior Management – Be patient if you want to be successful in a new field

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend