Skyworks Solutions reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(623 total reviews)
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Phil Brace

88% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Skyworks Solutions has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 623 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Skyworks Solutions 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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623 reviews
3.0
Mar 7, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The Pay is good, the benefits are okay. The Industry is stable, there is always a demand for cell phones.

Cons

No appreciation, no matter how much you give it's not enough. Incompetent middle management, very poor communication from middle management, which contrasts with good communication from upper management.

1.0
Nov 7, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

This is one of the rare companies in which incompetence and lack of qualification is rewarded. While nearly all of the competition regards not having a degree, having an unverifiable degree, or ASET/ BSET/BSEET degree as qualifications for technicians or engineering assistants, the Woburn location seems to have no such requirements. If you possess such a degree, this is your very rare chance to hold the title of 'Engineer' and even hold an engineering management (aka Technical Director) position. If you are a completely incompetent engineer with a degree from a third or fourth tier university, this is also an excellent place for you.

Cons

HR is delusional. They are in their own world and tend to attract and retain absolute garbage. Engineering projects are strictly based upon the requirements or requests of a key customer (very reactive-- marketing doesn't exist here) and are almost always the same old junk in a new package or a simple derivative of a 20 year old 3 terminal device. This is a great place for people with no talent, no degree, no skills, since even vegetation is capable of eventually hacking an old 3 transistor device into a 'new product', given enough time and money (though qualified individuals can achieve similar results in 5% of the time, if they were willing to work here).

1.0
Jan 25, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There's less bureaucracy than other companies I've worked at.

Cons

Managers do not have metric tied to employee's satisfaction. In fact, there's no way of giving them feedback without escalating up. Some managers, including mine, are terrible but rely on good engineers to look good. The old engineers will stay because of the paycheck, the new engineers stay around 2-3 before finding better opportunities.

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