Fairchild Semiconductor Reviews

Pros

Excellent benefits across the board

Cons

Was sold off to another company

Pros

One of the most fun places I have worked at. Christmas parties were great. .

Cons

Low pay Long hours at times Politics

Pros

Good experience in general, while I was there

Cons

None that I can think of

Pros

It is a very good company

Cons

Had very little training on equipment

Pros

Smart people worked here, good team environment

Cons

Poor management, they don’t listen to their employees

Pros

Good place to work at

Cons

Management worked us out of a

Pros

I liked my team - the team that I built and developed myself. Good salary. It's about time San Jose becomes the HQ!!!!!!!

Cons

I had 2 managers. The one in Portland was the reason I left the company. The other one hired me. I also had some bad inheritance from my boss (who was with FSC for over 30 years!) and got forced out - he couldn't take changes. Most of the people he hired in Portland are gone. He hired a highly paid underling who did absolutely nothing while getting a high salary while driving in a BMW. I was hired by someone else who did not like my boss in Portland. I don't blame him. Every time I travel, I always hear Maine did this or rather Maine did not do this or that. For the longest time, it was soooooo Portland central hat the people who worked there got so complacent. How are you going to compete being a semi company out in the middle of nowhere!!

Pros

Most of the local teams I've worked with consist of great people. The pay is average for the industry, but benefits are good. People have been around a long time so there is a family feel, and management has usually been supportive of parties and activities. Work-life balance is usually great for the industry.

Cons

The local site suffers from problems typical of organizational stagnation that comes from low turn-over of professionals, but there's still room for movement. Corporate is closing the local site. Business, workload and job satisfaction are hugely dependent on decisions made by senior executives. Fairchild has been stuck in a restructuring mentality for years. Not enough resources or effort gets put into attracting and retaining talent in the right spots.

Pros

Company is driven to do well but also leaves room for having life outside of work. Pay and benefits are very good. Plan going forward is solid with good focus. Excellent Strategic customer focus through out the company.

Cons

Poor Regional Sales plan with to much focus on regional revenue (shipping) and not enough focus on growing design wins and working across regions to grow second level revenue. Learning to have more upside capacity but slow to setup causing severe pain in regional sales chain.

Pros

Fairchild allows for a good work/life balance with managers being flexible with hours and schedules to accomodate outside work activities. Most people enjoy working there and due to several rounds of layoffs there are almost no bad attitude employees remaining. Everyone is easy to get along with and the work is fast paced and challenging.

Cons

Due to the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry, periodic layoffs, shutdowns, furloughs etc. seem to come on an every 2-3 year cycle. Due to the low rate of turnover there are not a lot of opportunities for career advancement that become available.