Pros
Good location in Bay area. Great bonus % recent years. 7% 401K match. Lots of senior people working here and it is good to be retired here.
Kontras
Little to learn and grow. No career path. Company encourages senior people to be management regardless proficiency. Loyalty is most important here which means you need do little but stay long enough, you will be paid well.
Pros
Growth here depends on one's willingness to take on projects that challenge them. Work-life balance is fantastic and employees have time to do extra activities for career and personal growth. Compensation is not the best in the industry but still at a very comfortable level.
Kontras
As part of a back-end group, tester configurations are usually limited to minimal resources. Lack of pressure might cause employees to be complacent with taking it easy.
Pros
Takeda Riken as "Startup" in America - WAS A Great Company - Almost Like Family TEAM
Kontras
After Many Years working for Takeda Riken America - in A Good Area of The U.S. ... New Advantest America Management then took over ... which, after many years working for Takeda Riken America - Required to Transfer (Else Quit) ... After Relocation for Advantest America - Employee Strike 1 -(in my new company relocated to area) - Customer Handler doing Cold Semiconductor Testing Condensation Drip down into The ATE Test Head - Even Factory Rep. report Repair of ATE Test Head IMPOSSIBLE ! Employee Strike 2 -(in my new company relocated to area) - New ATE arrive and fail chip testing @ High Speed ... I requested replacement clock boards (which fixed the ATE) - Factory had to Compensate / Modify The New ATE Design Clock Boards Employee Strike 3 -(in my new company relocated to area) - Prior Installation Analog System random going to ATE Calibration - Test Floor Air conditioning going into the Analog System BAY around the Large Test Floor Power Cable (had to block out the holes in the Test Floor under neath The ATE Analog Bay If There was an ATE Problem - Local Customer Relocated Guy's Fault. If Local Relocated Guy fixed ATE Problems - Local Sales Guy in charge of the office report - The Local Business Unit Responded Well ! while i was fixing ATE problems @ The Customer After Employee Strike 1, 2 & 3 -(in my new company relocated to area) - You're Fired.