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
Sep 24, 2015

A Nightmare Job

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Pros

The only pro I can think of is that they hire pretty much anyone with a pulse because of their high turnover rate. People are always quitting, so they need to hire people constantly.

Cons

This place is the literal definition of a sweatshop and without a doubt the worst job I've ever had. The pay is terrible, the work is demoralizing, everything you do is timed (including your bathroom breaks) and the atmosphere is very Orwellian. It's a dirty dusty environment where you are standing/walking on cement for 12 hours a day including holidays. I took the job because I needed the work and I thought I'd be able to move up and get more responsibilities, but they never promote anyone. The workforce has over 50% new employees and turnover is very high. Management is willing to do anything to take advantage of employees, customers, vendors, everyone and anyone that they can use. Stay away.

1.0
Jun 20, 2015

Flee from Cree

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Pros

Resume filler, the opportunity to learn something new about the LED industry. Consistent paycheck, sometimes meaning being forced to take PTO to match other departments that temporarily shut down. People like the benefits, however they're only mediocre and not worth the stress. Fitness test are even required now for a lower cost health insurance.

Cons

Everything. Cree is a terrible place to work. Management has no idea what they are doing and they're quick to use employees to enact they're political schemes. Small raises with a guarantee that they'll find any way possible to pay you as little as possible. They search mostly for college graduates with no prior employment so they can hire them on board at a cheap rate. They expect you to invest one-hundred percent of your life into Cree with no rewards beyond a small couple percentile raise each year usually smaller than inflation itself. They hate to hear any mentions of unions and pretend to care until any effort to form one stops. High stress with very long hours. Operators, Technicians, and Engineers alike are all treated with as little care as possible. Upper management has little to no contact with they're lower tiered employees. CEO meetings are not even held in person anymore. This company exists in the US and overseas but wants very hard to operate at the cost of it's foreign counterparts. It's a good job to have for no longer than one year. Go, learn, and LEAVE fast. It only gets worse. Everything is designed to benefit only the 9-5 upper-management. Fitness Center, Cafeteria, Work Schedule, Benefits, Compensation, and Priority all benefit and work in favor to the regular scheduled upper management. And don't expect to ever change departments or promote beyond a Technician or Operator anymore at CREE it's impossible unless you suck up to someone higher or get a higher education.

1.0
Jun 10, 2015

Even Hell needs offices

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Relaxed environment. Some nice people.

Cons

Want to work in a windowless building under constant pressure, with no chance of advancement? Then Cree is for you! Worst place I have ever worked, bar none. Bad management, HR department unlike you have seen before or will see again, completely reactive decision making from the top all the way down. Keep looking.

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