GlobalFoundries Reviews

Pros

Worked here for 4 years starting as an NCG after getting my Chemical Engineering Bachelor's degree. Here's my perspective on the pros of working here: -Company culture is great. AME workforce tends to be on the younger side due to large amounts of NCG hiring, and in my experience the more senior employees are quite helpful to the new hires. I enjoyed working with a lot of my coworkers -Good lateral (not upwards) mobility and able to try out different roles within the company -Cafe's decent, especially with the 50% off -Area's nice to live in if you like to hike or the outdoors -I found the work and job responsibilities to be alright and not overly stressful. You can definitely focus on learning transferrable skills that'd be useful to other companies in and out of the semi industry -Soccer league was fun

Cons

-Upper management asks and direction are generally misguided and based on poor justification -Within AME, you're always trying to cover yourself to not make your department / managers look bad at the upper management meetings (DOM, Quality, Yield meetings) even if it involves stretching the truth -Lack of remote/hybrid work for process engineers is backwards compared to how progressive they try to make the company seem -Pay could definitely be better. I did receive a couple market adjustments while working here, however still not competitive within the industry -It does not pay to be loyal. You're better off job hopping after accruing experience and leaving after a few years for better pay -Within AME, there's a small amount of passive off-hours work which can be irritating -The decision for the layoffs did not correlate with how well the company had been performing for 1.5+ years prior to that quarter. The only silver lining to the layoffs is my departments focused on laying off underperforming employees, so if you're a half-decent employee then you should not be concerned

Pros

Pretty good work life balance

Cons

Cafeteria need to be improved

Pros

Great people to work with. Job mobility. On the job training

Cons

Some poor management can ruin the morale of the team. Can get pigeon holed.

Pros

Good experience, systems are good, balanced on the whole, generally good work environment.

Cons

Pay is slightly lower than competition, company has been through some instability.

Pros

I think Tom Coulfield is a good CEO. The Pivot away from the bleeding edge was tough but made sense given the finances of EUV tools and the scaling requirements.

Cons

The recent layoffs impacted many of long-term knowledgeable folks, especially those involved with security and government contracts, which in my opinion didn't make sense. This is after hitting all time profits and revenue targets. In addition, there is the anticipated CHIPS act money which will help expand NY facilities. Several newer members of the IT leadership team seem to be out of touch with the factories and the core business of the company.

Pros

Fairly decent Semiconductor Company to work for, just not for Long-Term employment. A good company to get your feet wet in the industry for a couple of years, then leave. Safety culture is strong at FG.

Cons

Management not willing to deal with Infrastructure Issues as well as High Attrition rates due to sub-par pay compared to other SEMI Mfg companies, even though Management states their pay scales are competitive, they are not competitive for the broader audience. While the company was privately-owned, internally net profits were highly embellished when reported out during Quarterly All-hands Meetings, then when the company went public (IPO), the real truth came out.

Pros

Work life balance is possible

Cons

Lower pay than other company

Pros

Can improve knowledge and constant learning

Cons

May be the career growth and salary is not attractive

Pros

Good training ground for new comers.

Cons

Micro managing by top management

Pros

Diverse employers who acknowledge a good job

Cons

Too focused on the bottom line