Wolfspeed reviews

3.2

42% would recommend to a friend

(972 total reviews)
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Robert Feurle

48% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

Wolfspeed has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 972 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wolfspeed 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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972 reviews
1.0
Aug 7, 2015

Worst Place to work

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Pros

It's a good place if you want to make money working overtime but the pay is cheap if you compare to other companies in the area like Biogen, Merck or Phononic..

Cons

Supervisor and Leads are not present and night ...most of the time sleeping. There are sexual harrasment on Cree. I know a supervisor who try to sleep with a couple female coworkers offering favors. At night shift you can see operator kissing behind reactors, the lead saw that. She didn't do anything...there are cameras but nobody see anything. Company is with financial problems, they are shutting down the factory whenever they want it....Cree make to use your PTO/HPTO for those times..so you can not plan vacation... I decide to quit next month...after I get an interview in other company who is going to pay me more than18 dollars for to start working like operator in the same enviroment (Clean Room).

3.0
Jun 25, 2015
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Pros

Cree has some of the best benefits you can ask for. Medical/dental by BCBS of NC. 401k matched to the typical industry standard of 6%.Stock purchase plan is great for those who take advantage of it. 8 holidays is slightly higher then the industry standard. People who work at Cree for the most part are great. There are really intelligent people at the company who are eager to share knowledge. You typically stay busy and it makes the time go by fast. Ability to get your name out there for professional networking. Typically the pay is on scale within NC. Industry comparison is considerably low. Dress policy is very loose. Clean room policy is laughable and loose. See people all the time with face mask down by the chin, no safety glasses on.

Cons

There were a lot of gaps in communication. Groups didn't communicate very well with one another and often blamed one another instead of working together for the benefit of the company as a whole. Direct managers were not well trained on detailed operations and procedures. Some managers denied paid vacation times for hourly employees. No training program for new technicians. Techs were hired with no prior industry experience, sometime not even knowing basic hand tools and their functions. Tools to complete the task at hand were hard to find and not easily accessible. Company would not spend money on hand tools to fix equipment. Company must pay osha under the table. The safety violations in every one of the factories is astonishing. Cree does not care at all about employee safety. They went as far as to remove the calcium calgonate from areas that have fluoride. Regular maintenance PMs that have been known to cause cancer and Cree does not provide respirators to the technicians performing the PM. Limited opportunity to grow within the company. Management often blocks applications to other positions.

1.0
Mar 9, 2014
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Pros

Regular pay. Insurance used to be OK until they rolled out the new plan to push most employees to use outside Obamacare. Everyone (and any family members you want to add) must pass "wellness & health" qualifications such as BP, BMI, blood test, etc. to get the affordable rate. Otherwise,good luck.

Cons

Inclement weather policy- Policy is you come to work, regardless! Work hazards- OSHA obviously has no staff or they would have posted several violations here for the way the employees are made to handle powerful acids and other hazardous chemicals. Sick leave- Unless you vomit on a supervisor you will not be sent home. Getting a doctor's note if you have the flu is pointless. Supervisor just told me that he had "never heard of anyone getting the flu in the spring"; so, tough, you've now used up one of three grace days you get in a year's span.

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