Cymer Employee Job Reviews in the United States
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"Worst place ever. Network is really small. Politics everywhere. People been there for so long they feel entitle not to work. people been in the same title years. Equipment is outdated and painfully slow. Boss is very nit-picky; doesn't get treated like a professional. Employees is just a number to management. No communication at all."
"I've worked as Summer Intern, Software Engineer at Cymer. Great people to work with in a stress free environment. They are truly on the pinnacle of technology. The company just went through a merger and will grow substantially in the next few years. Some of issues I faced were poor management, some do not know what they are doing, they have no previous experience managing people, some are ignorant and don't want to change things."
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"Pros and cons, light and shadow in lithography laser and optic industry, claims versus reality"
What do you like about working at Cymer?
"The objective and seriousness of their business and vision. Very good work equipment, some employees and few managers have excellent skills, however, often concealed because of very poor work athmosphere"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"repare for significant lay-offs every now and then, always look for other job opportunityies elsewhere."
What don't you like about working at Cymer?
"frequent and obviously share holder-oriented lay-offs, limited chances of career advancement, low transparency of business decisions, occasionally futile directives and decisions work harder not smarter, some quite selfish to vain marketing and directorate members, crown prince and good fellow installations."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"credibility should be significantly improved, adherence to grandiose values claimed on display panels should be noticable for employees at least and not only used to impress visitors and customers"
"I said truth"
What do you like about working at Cymer?
"close to my home. the company has solid finacial state"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"no comments"
What don't you like about working at Cymer?
"older technology, HW and SW"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"less politics, do real work"
"Absurdly poisonous environment."
What do you like about working at Cymer?
"technology, lasers"
What don't you like about working at Cymer?
"Pointless hostility, infantile behavior."
What do you like about working at Cymer?
"It was a great company before 2000.It is completely different now."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"The company is prominent for frequent, big layoffs. The only reason for the layoff is the desire of the management to have their bonuses. They do not care about the people or the company."
What don't you like about working at Cymer?
"The management is a disaster.The atmosphere can not be worse."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Next layoff, fire yourselves."
"Survivor Island meets lasers"
What do you like about working at Cymer?
"The job itself was fulfilling. Some of the people were sincerely kind and professional"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"ask for all layoff data from the past 5-10 yearsask how valuable your position is and the likelihood of it being eliminated in the next layoff cycle"
What don't you like about working at Cymer?
"Forced vacations, lay offs to pay for management bonuses, layoffs to manage stock value, managers having weekly meetings asking for input when decisions have already been made, co-workers turning work environment into Survivor Island, managers stifling any sincere signs of frustration, saving the department millions and getting a token piece of paper for it, sacrifice your outside life working overtime to get the product out the door on time so management gets its bonus for meeting that metric, no overtime pay for those most likely to be working overtime most often, management maintaining appearances by maximizing number of needless meetings attended, managers giving reviews for people they hardly ever interact with besides during required weekly meetings, management creating numerous hoops to jump through for advancement allowing no feedback.The layoff atmosphere itself creates a cycle of forcibly repressed frustration, forcing management to hide it or create a scapegoat, creating lost productivity, lost tribal knowledge, and a hoarding of information to prevent a personal layoff."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"How many VPs does a company need when the nation itself only has one How can a worker trust a company that uses meaningless job titles as a marketing tactic on its own peopleHow much of a managers job can be reduced to repetitive tasks that can be done by a computer program Now ask yourself what essential task is this manager truly performing and should it really take 40-60 hours a week to perform it."
What do you like about working at Cymer?
"salary"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"be careful"
What don't you like about working at Cymer?
"not good engineering leadership"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"adjust the culture to fit in engineering culture"
"Excellent company"
What do you like about working at Cymer?
"Bleeding edge company in high technology"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Educate yourself"
What don't you like about working at Cymer?
"Nothing"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Diversify"
"Stresful"
What do you like about working at Cymer?
"Fantastic technology and - while it lasted, a great team. The EUV team they built up was the best I'd ever worked for."
What don't you like about working at Cymer?
"The management was terrible and the science team was - while brilliant - difficult to work with. No respect for the engineers who are far overworked, unappreciated and made to fix problems that management created. Schedules are never met because expectations are unrealistic."
"People skills"
What do you like about working at Cymer?
"All the high tech toys - a chance to conduct real science - great co-workers"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be prepared to work uncompensated overtime"
What don't you like about working at Cymer?
"Matrix miss managementUnrealistic project plans"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Remove 3 levels of management"
"Cymer operates on a project basis. If the project is cancelled, everyone is laid off."
What do you like about working at Cymer?
"You could build an entire lab setup for laser transfer, from starting on Pro/E to getting all the parts made in about 4 days. Gives you 1 day to build it."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Make sure they're very clear about what they expect from you."
What don't you like about working at Cymer?
"My superviser was as far from me as one could imagine."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"None that I can remember now"
"Nothing to say"
What do you like about working at Cymer?
"Working around a lot of smart people on very challenging problems"
What don't you like about working at Cymer?
"There is little work/personal balance - it seems all work and you should be thankful for all the work"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Engineering management intended to inspire excellence and good thinking ,planning and execution which is what one expects from your management. What needs to be improved is the tendency to cut your head off if you have not been a mind reader and done something the way management wanted. There is way too much micromanagement and negative feedback."
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Is Cymer a good company to work for?
Cymer has an overall rating of 2.4 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 2 Cymer Review Ratings left anonymously by Cymer employees, which is 38% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 50% of employees would recommend working at Cymer.
Does Cymer pay their employees well?
Cymer employees earn $76,500 annually on average, or $37 per hour, which is 16% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 2 Cymer employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Cymer Salaries by Job Title.
How satisfied are employees working at Cymer?
50% of employees would recommend working at Cymer with the overall rating of 2.4 out of 5. Employees also rated Cymer 3.0 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.0 for Rewards You Receive, 2.0 for Growth Opportunities and 1.5 for support you get.
What is the highest paying job at Cymer?
According to our data, the highest paying job at Cymer is a VP of Sales at $191,000 annually. Browse Cymer Salaries by Job Profile.
What is the lowest paying job at Cymer?
According to our data, the lowest paying job at Cymer is a Assembler at $28,000 annually. Browse Cymer Salaries by Job Profile.
What are the pros and cons of working at Cymer?
According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Cymer to be Company Culture, People You Work With and Rewards You Receive, and cons to be Growth Opportunities and Person You Work For.
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