Analog Devices reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(3,024 total reviews)
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Vincent Roche

86% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Analog Devices has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,024 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Analog Devices employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
Oct 28, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Analog Devices employees some of the best and brightest engineers. There is a definite emphasis on the engineering aspect of the work (as opposed to the marketing aspect). Everyone seems very happy to be working there, and the consensus is that when people leave for other companies, they'll probably be back in a few years. I've seen it happen several times and I'm not surprised that it's true.

Cons

The company becomes too conservative in times of hardship, to the point where it can be difficult to get approval for items that are required. There seems to be little specific direction given by the senior management, only generalities that don't seem to point us anywhere. Also, there appears to be too much emphasis on the Wall Street performance metrics and meeting the numbers for the next quarter.

3.0
Oct 22, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a stable company with a wide range of technology available to work with/on.

Cons

Management seems to have no particular strategy or focus and is extremely risk averse. Resources are spread very thin. ADI has a large basket of technology, but never integrates any of it together to target specific markets or applications so rarely survives after the first generation of a product or application when a customer is trying to cost down something in a high volume market.

4.0
Oct 9, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Analog is a stable and well-established company. They have a broad portfolio of products that diversify them across many end markets and customers. All employees are very capable and the senior designers are some of the best in the industry. There are good opportunities to learn here.

Cons

I think organizations of people come in different size classes and each size requires a different structure and communication style. Analog has grown from small to medium and is approaching large, but the corporate memory and habits are still those of a small organization. Lack of adequate communication is a problem in all directions (top-down, between groups and within one group). Politics and personality conflicts can get in the way of progress. In short: individuals, good; working together as a group, bad.

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