Not what it used to be... - Anonymous employee Advantest Employee Review

3.0
Sep 4, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice QUALITY products on the Advantest side. Decent benefits and competitive pay as long as you're not living in a high cost of living place like California.

Cons

Place has gone down hill fast after the merger in 2011. Things were never thinned after the merger and now to much upper management and newly added bureaucracy make doing quality work difficult. Main corporate in Japan will not cut the fat so subsidiary's are cut to the bone leaving little support, and now more people leaving the company after 10+ years of service because company is not what it used to be.

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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.

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Takeda Riken as "Startup" in America - WAS A Great Company - Almost Like Family TEAM

Cons

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.

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