GlobalFoundries reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(2,431 total reviews)
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Tim Breen

74% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

GlobalFoundries has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,431 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GlobalFoundries 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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2K reviews
1.0
May 16, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- Chance to work with many experienced, talented colleagues and gain industry knowledge quickly - Most people you work with day-in, day-out are very nice people - Opportunity to see a large-scale ramp (hundreds of new tool installs, 14nm tech ramp) - Since organization is new and fluid, large opportunity to contribute and improve - Great opportunity to learn what NOT to do when trying to run a successful company - Have heard company is a lot better than it was a few years ago so may be slowly improving

Cons

- New college graduates severely underpaid, practically no bonus or raise (losing to inflation) - Performance review is a joke, management gives no advice on how to improve and is unaware of your contributions to the team - No structured training plan in place for new hires, you are just thrown in and expected to learn from others - Most engineers seem overworked with little work-life balance. Plenty of complaints about stress, unrealistic expectations from management, having to answer to incompetent individuals. Experienced individuals are often too busy to help train new ones - Lack of communication between management and employees. Major changes are implemented and can take you by surprise

3.0
May 15, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Plenty of opportunities for freshers to learn. Decent work environment.

Cons

No overtime pay like other companies. Bonus is also considerably low. Canteen food is horrible.

1.0
May 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent salary's, good café food, nice office equipment.

Cons

GF Malta is a poorly managed company, expect a very hostile working environment where plenty of bullying, discrimination, targeting and intimidation comes from the managers who seem to have very little knowledge of what is actually going on and are more concerned their ego's and with assigning blame for their mistakes to someone else while relying of third hand information to make decisions that usually turn out to be the wrong ones. Money is needlessly wasted in stacks on parts for tools here and the longevity of this company is constantly in question as it's only a matter of time before the deep pocketed investors realize how much they are truly being fleeced and decide to pull out. If you are a current employee reading this DO NOT go to HR for anything, other than to use the water fountain. GF Malta has one of the WORST HR departments I have even seen in any company anywhere, they have zero integrity, they stand right behind the management however wrong they may be and just as with the management they will also certainly be a contributing factor to GF Malta's downfall. They actually post fake reviews on here to try to hide the real truth behind how GF Malta is ran. Those are the 4 and 5 star, two line reviews are the from the HR department. If your looking for something to add to you resume put in yours right now they will hire pretty much anyone and this is a good place to work while you look for another job. That is what most of the employees that have been with GF for more than 6 months are doing. With people leaving in droves for positions they found on their days off. Most people with the required knowledge to make GF Malta successful have already jumped ship.

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