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Microchip Technology

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Leave when opportunity arises - Corporate Applications Engineer Microchip Technology Employee Review

1.0
Apr 5, 2023
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Pros

The company started in Ireland is based on low tax incentives. Laid back life. Traveling in Europe and US, good food at nice restaurants, and a lot of time in team building. In theory, need to give good replies on web interfaces and take phone calls. When you give bad answers and ignore calls, usually the customer goes away.

Cons

Low starting salary, about €28K. Payrise is poor. No KPIs. Hiring and career progression are dependent on good looks and race, not merit. Normal bonuses, Discretionary bonuses, and RSUs. But no transparency on how the boss decides. Bias and favoritism are deep-seated. Expect IPFs ( Internal Productivity Factor) where bonuses can be arbitrarily cut by the boss to advance his/her career in line with the company's quarterly operating cost targets. Quiet firing techniques are used. Sometimes expected to go to the USA for 2 - 3 weeks. Hard if you have a family. The company is focused on quarterly revenues and growth.

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5.0
Apr 6, 2026
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Pros

Good management, good development opportunities, great culture, great team

Cons

Low raw compensation, have to live in AZ + work in office

1.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The coworkers are great people and pleasant to be around. Microchips biggest strength is it does an amazing job hiring pleasant people. Work life balance can be great but differs greatly between teams/departments. Some of the managers are amazing leaders and want you to succeed.

Cons

CHEAP! So cheap. Get you to go above and beyond for years while teasing a promotion and then they never deliver. Give other people raises first because they’ve been employed there longer or are on higher visibility projects. Get screwed by politics. Save your time and work for a different company because an offer here will be a dead end. Plus Microchip pay is the worst in the industry. The running joke from within the company is when Steve Sanghi the CEO opens his wallet there are spiderwebs and moths fly out. How sad is that. If you work here long term getting underpaid for decades you will miss out on building so much wealth. Oh and don’t even look up Steve Sanghis compensation package because it will just make you mad when getting turned down for a promotion yet again because it’s not in the budget. Stopped giving yearly raises during the worst inflation period. There was a big wave of promotions for VPs/C suite while my base salary is exactly the same as it was 3 years ago.

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