FormFactor Reviews

Pros

Great people, benefits from day 1!

Cons

None, seriously a great place to work!

Advice to Management

NA

Pros

great learning, helpful colleague and free starbucks

Cons

limited growth, away from city, low salary rate

Pros

Great people in general, other than the senior management team.

Cons

CEO strategy in recent years has been to promote various mid-level engineers or sales people to Operations VPs and incentivize them with obscene bonuses for hitting shipment goals. Results in completely maniacal behavior where they are nothing more than rabid expediters and there is no actual creative or critical thinking, just a culture of simple and total fear and blame, where everyone just jumps from crisis to crisis...

Advice to Management

They would not listen to it anyway, they are all-knowing Captains of Industry!

Pros

There are multiple shifts to choose. Annual salary increase. Job stability. Multiple positions available to learn. Great benefits. Awesome management team. Family atmosphere.

Cons

Repetitive actions that tends to bore you.

Pros

Working as a team corporate

Cons

There is some stress level to meet OTD

Pros

Family oriented, good benefits such as 401K, ESPP, and tuition reimbursement. Close to home. Daily OT pay, long weekends.

Cons

Difficult to grow within the area, long hour days (12hr shift), ups and downs within the semiconductor industry.

Advice to Management

Keep promises you make to employees regarding their career path. Show appreciation when an employee deserves it. You should not prioritize OTD over quality.

Pros

Good people mostly, decent teamwork, experienced people in senior positions

Cons

Benefits average, zero promotion ladder or steps to improve

Pros

-Outstanding Executive Management Team in place. -Comprehensive Benefits Packages. -Generous PTO policy in high tech manufacturing allows for a great work/life balance. -Veteran friendly corporation! -Tuition Reimbursement Program (up to Masters level) -Some of the most passionate, dedicated, and professional employees that I have had the pleasure of leading. -Engineering-Driven Niche Product of Advanced Test ProbeCards...

Cons

-Extremely Lean Manufacturing Environment with tight lead times offers significant challenges. While this is more of an opportunity to grow, develop, and break down barriers, than a negative, it is not for the faint of heart(especially those who occupy a leadership role).

Advice to Management

-Continue to develop employees who demonstrate superior levels of initiative, drive, passion for excellence, and an eagerness to learn;for they are your heart and soul, and the future of the organization. -To be an industry leader; you have to be willing to lead from the front. In order to maintain a lead from the front, you have to be willing to set the pace. -Continue to diversify not only in the product mix while...