MEMC Electronic Materials Reviews

Pros

Great pay, Great breaks, great co-workers

Cons

constant threats of closing the plants, lay offs, and changing schedules

Pros

Good people (non-management) to work with. You can learn technical / process skills quickly

Cons

Very authoritative but disorganized management. Will force you to make poor decisions, then blame you for poor results

Pros

Incredibly innovative and cutting edge technology Always something new to work on Ample opportunity for career growth

Cons

Always looking to save money, often by laying off people and leaving others to do the work of many Poor morale among employees Frequently chooses less expensive out of country options Usually have to work about 16 hours a day 6 days a week

Advice to Management

Hire more staff from within the States, provide ample staffing for company demands

Pros

Good place to work, competitive salaries and benefits.

Cons

Tough business. Has been in a downturn for 5+ years now.

Pros

If you are interested in getting it done, you can do it.

Cons

Processes not very organized, otherwise it was a really good place to work. I would definitely work there again, and would recommend the company to others.

Pros

Company is vertically integrated allowing them to control there own success. Learn your job and do it the best you can to prevent getting laid off during the bad times

Cons

At times they have poor planning. Then again, who in the industry doesn't?

Advice to Management

Communication to your workforce is key. With the right communication lines, your workforce will see where you are trying to lead and either help you get there, or tell you why that's a bad idea. Either way, you will be successful with good communications.

Pros

Challenging environment. From a technical perspective, I have worked on a broad array of projects and learned a lot. Great work, good pay and decent work life balance.

Cons

Management decisions are slow to reality and cause excessive losses to pile up before they decide that things are going bad and that they need to cut back. Then, by the time they cut back, the business turns around and they need to ramp up again and they are slow to ramp up and lose business because they can't ramp fast enough. Then, it cycles again. Never ending.

Advice to Management

Make decisions more quickly.

Pros

Competitive base salaries and opportunities to work in Asia.

Cons

Review the balance sheet over the past 5 years particularly at cash/equivalents and debt and decide for yourself if these are good trends and did they create acceptable value as a result. It's a very political environment so if you're not good at that sort of thing… This place has gone through waves of leaders since leaving Monsanto from a German utility company that knew nothing about the business and ran it into...