GlobalFoundries Reviews

Pros

Networking opportunities was really great.

Cons

Nothing was really a problem.

Pros

well organized, smart and talented employees

Cons

cafe is terrible. essex junction site is falling apart. place is full of old people who resist change. average safety culture. pay is below market value because it's Vermont but yet COL is super high in the county.

Pros

(1) The people at the Essex Junction VT site are all kind, helpful, and are good to work with. (2) There is a good work-life balance, especially when compared to competitors like Intel. (3) Communication from the plant manager and upper management is generally good. (4) There is a fairly generous paid parental leave policy (5) There is a strong push by the company to promote diversity and inclusion. Although the effectiveness of these actions is not known.

Cons

(1) Due to the company's recent shift in business practices, GlobalFoundries is more concerned about pumping out low-tech wafers than it is about making innovative products. As such the work is neither interesting nor important. Much of the work is mindless and meaningless. There is little room to grow in this company. I think this is a major reason the company struggles to recruit and hold talent. (2) The pay for senior-level engineers is lower than industry standards and is lower than competitors. (3) The upper management at GlobalFoundries does not value expertise. Many new hires (usually straight out of college) are given little time and sub-optimal training to fill in for the retiring legacy IBM employees who have years of experience, expertise, and PhDs in their respective fields. (4) GlobalFoundries as a company likes to present itself in the media as an American semiconductor manufacturing company, especially during the push to acquire funding from the CHIPS act. This representation is disingenuous. While it has a large footprint in America, it is owned by an investment company in the United Arab Emirates called the Mubadala group. The Mubadala group is an Emirati state-owned entity tied to the strongman authoritarian ruler of the country.

Pros

Able to work from home in most engineering positions, and there was an effort in the past to help eliminate micro-management. It may not have been effective in all areas, but in my area I am no longer micro-managed, since it's a style that doesn't allow me to work to my potential.

Cons

Upper management is completely out of touch with what's going inside the cleanroom. There's a push to save money that's been going on for so long, all suggestions for cost savings would require us to take on jobs that we should not be doing, or puts tools and products at risk. The result of management's cost saving measures could potentially cost much more than they save. But something has to make it onto paper, so they push stupid suggestions.

Pros

Flexibile time and generous management

Cons

Job security, weak execution due to poor funding

Pros

No pros ever since the company went public.

Cons

The company has greatly lied to all of it's employees and they ultimately decided to do a company wide layoff to save money. We were lied to about who would be impacted and the percentage of people that would be impacted. They basically only targeted newer people and disregarded high paying irreverent/outdated positions. So you will have zero job security here and they will target you just for being newer even if you have been there over a year with no write ups or no mistakes. They layed off over 800 people two weeks before Christmas just to raise their stock prices when it takes 6+ months just to train up. Needless to say those employees who remain will be overworked and likely leave the company due to corporate greed. This company will play with lives for the sake of stock prices. Ask yourself do you want to risk your livelihood based on the company stock prices?

Pros

A lot to learn when working with the right people

Cons

High School drama atmosphere and culture in some departments

Pros

Benefits are decent if you have a famiyl

Cons

Pay is low, attrition is high

Pros

Good people, interesting work, stock options

Cons

Politics at the top but getting better

Pros

great people, engaging environment, always something to learn

Cons

sometimes misleading managerial suggestions make it difficult to understand wat is wanted of you