Pros
* Tons of great technology from sensors to switchers to converters * Technology is by far more impressive than things coming out of TI, MPS or other competitors (quality and quantity) * Great software like LTspice, LTpowerCAD or SIMPLIS (including the amazing teams supporting them, especially the first two) * Great experts but few remain because they either left or they got cut off (see below) * Good work/life balance with occasional long hours (depending on how efficient you are at your job) * Good vacation and insurance package * The stock is solid which reflects the pragmatic and conservative stance of the company
Kontras
* Neverending shuffling of the structure of the company - ongoing for about 2 years on a monthly basis * Keeping track of who is under the CEO has become pointless (constant reorganization of the upper echelons) * Unrealistic goals by management to double the output with half the personnel * This company had one vision but the new management is greedy and does not care about the effort of its hard working employees * Tons of obstacles to execution created by a nonsensical process or lack of accountability on some departments * Fix-it-yourself kind of attitude - you literally have to learn to do everything on your own and delegation is just a dictionary term * Nobody onsite to provide a pen, a pencil or a binder - you have to buy it yourself and expense it * Too many applications and websites, too many things to track * Management pushes people with 10/20/30 years of experience out and then forces employees to cover the vacuum created by pushing them to do things outside of their title, expertise or interest * The neverending push on creating goals is a waste of time and a distraction imposed by management on people who already do way too much * Big clients get more greedy and management just lets them push on the people that actually do the job * Some teams are created and disbanded without much consideration of employees, some projects go overboard with unrealistic goals that do not take into account obstacles that are disseminated everywhere across teams * Training courses are a nuisance and a waste of time - nobody wants to do them or cares to do them * Maintenance is lazy and won't act unless you find a way to submit a ticket for getting the job done * Promotions are just something the company puts into verbage - even if you prove you are an excellent and productive employee, you never get promoted (one of the reasons for people leaving the company - why working hard for a long time and getting no recognition in return) * Getting bombarded by emails is totally counterproductive * Some people don't get the point of getting a room but rather talk loudly for up to an hour from their cubicle, arguing with their colleagues live - annoying and disrupting ... get a room! * Conference calls across continents should not be a regular thing - they should happen once in a while * Constantly downsizing destroys the core of the company to the point all the knowledge is gone and all you have left is vacuum * Pay lags compared to other companies where the same title will land 25-50k more in your bank account * Many former employees went to other big companies or those big companies were convincing enough when they showed the numbers (they know where the talent is, they recognize it, they compensate accordingly) * When you find out a problem, an issue, a situation with the process, even if you escalate it upwards, nobody will take accountability and fix it, even if it impacts the entire workforce * You see some people working 120% and others playing with their phones or playing videogames on their PC * Less and less RSUs are given - the company forces ESPP to sell discounted stocks to employees to keep the stock afloat and increase the NAV * This company has gone downhill since the latest acquisition and it does not look good for the near or long term