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3.9
Average Rating
(based on 32 Atmel Corp. Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.6
Growth Opportunities
3.5
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.0
Rewards You Receive
3.7
Support You Get
4.1
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
3.9
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"I have been working at Atmel Corporation for more than 14 years. I believe that this is a great company to work for."
Posted 10 years ago in San Jose, CA
Thin Films Specialist

What do you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"The work schedule and the benefits."

What don't you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"The treatment most employees received from management was not professional. Atmel did not provide methods of advancement for their experienced employees. Their hiring methods were not as professional compared to other companies."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Headquarters need to rebuild their management team. Most of these managers have a selfish attitude and do not worry about their employees. They promote low employee morale and do not want to make any improvements in boosting employee morale."

Application Engineer

What do you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"Great people to work with."

What don't you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"Getting laid off."

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.9
Atmel Corp. (59)

4.7 Highest Rated in this Industry is Sigma Designs (5)
2.2 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Polara Engineering (6)
3.9 Average of All Companies in this Industry (20,231)
Senior Manufacturing Equipment Engineer

"ATMEL is trying to outsource its manufacturing."

Senior Engineering Technician

What do you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"The people & the professionalism."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It will be experience well gained to go on in your professional life."

What don't you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"Organization."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Organize a plan to have everyone on the same page & be accountable."

Product Marketing Engineer

"Nice place to work. Recommended."

Section Manager

"Only negative was that the plant closed down in 10/02."

Equipment Technician

What do you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"I enjoyed the people, the location, and the challenge."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you enjoy Colorado you will find this a great place to work."

What don't you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"They did not have a very good 401k plan."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do something about the benefit package and more people would not look for other jobs."

Software Design Engineer

"Good place to work."

Senior Design Engineer

"Fairly good working but had low level benefits."

What do you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"The medial was very affordable at the time. The staff is very knowledgeable and easy to work with."

What don't you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"Upper management was slow to make decisions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Company is under new CEO so things have changed since I left."

IT Manager

"AVOID."

What do you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"It was good when George Perlegos was CEO."

What don't you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"Management coup wrongly deposed the founder and several executives."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Put back George Perlegos."

Production Manager

What do you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"People were outstanding."

What don't you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"Lack of growth."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Remove cost burden of operations overseas that did not maintain a profit."

Equipment Maintenance Technician

"Good memories."

What do you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"The people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know your job."

What don't you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"nights on weekend."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Talk more with your people."

Tool Operator

"Not a good place to get comfortable!"

What do you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"The people I worked with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's a nice short term job."

What don't you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"The way people are treated. constant layoffs. Layoff list that have names of the top 5 people if there was a layoff today."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop being a revolving door for employment."

Process Engineering Technician

"They were a good company for me to start my career at."

What do you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"They gave me freedom to work on what projects I wanted to. Also I had an excellent mentor that taught me everything that he could."

What don't you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"It was hard working for Atmel because they had many shutdowns where we were forced to take unpaid leave. It felt like a very unstable environment."

Photolithography Section Manager

"Atmel is a good company to work for and has many growth opportunities."

What do you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"Salary, people, and work ethic."

What don't you like about working at Atmel Corp.?

"Poor top to bottom communication."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take the time to communicate changes to employees in advance to implementation."

Atmel Corp. Reviews FAQs

Is Atmel Corp. a good company to work for?

Atmel Corp. has an overall rating of 3.9 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 32 Atmel Corp. Review Ratings left anonymously by Atmel Corp. employees, which is equal to the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 94% of employees would recommend working at Atmel Corp..

Does Atmel Corp. pay their employees well?

Atmel Corp. employees earn $62,000 annually on average, or $30 per hour, which is 6% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 6 Atmel Corp. employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Atmel Corp. Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Atmel Corp.?

94% of employees would recommend working at Atmel Corp. with the overall rating of 3.9 out of 5. Employees also rated Atmel Corp. 3.6 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.7 for Rewards You Receive, 3.5 for Growth Opportunities and 4.1 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Atmel Corp.?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Atmel Corp. is a Director of Sales at $178,000 annually. Browse Atmel Corp. Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Atmel Corp.?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Atmel Corp. is a Manufacturing Technician at $18,000 annually. Browse Atmel Corp. Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Atmel Corp.?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Atmel Corp. to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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