Working at Freescale Semiconductor in Austin, TX: 36 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Austin, TX Area

"Freescale is a great company to work for."

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"The diversity of the knowledge required to work on the evaluation PCB assemblies."

What don't you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Nothing"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get more involved and acknowledge achievements."

"Work Hard, Party Harder !"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Fire the marketing team which could not find one customer for CPG even after 4 years."

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"good balance of work and personal"

What don't you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"company doesn't know how to execute"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"complete projects"

"Contractor's eye view of working at Freescale"

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"The people I worked with on a daily basis were, for the most part, very friendly and easy to get along with. Those people gave what they expected to see from others and worked well as a team to succeed."

What don't you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"There are managers there who are far harder on contractors than on full employees. There are also managers who don't listen to the people who work for them. They make some contractors work hours without any form of compensation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop and listen to your people. Try to see their point of view and don't concentrate on just what you think is right. Your people may not be right, but giving them a fair hearing shows them respect that they will be able to reciprocate...and they might just happen to have a good idea."

"Adequate at best"

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"money, vacation, health benefits"

What don't you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"work schedule and work load"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"quit, you are taking this company down"

"Good place to work."

"Undergoing tough times right now."

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Good people/engineers"

What don't you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Management is poor"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Change it"

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Flex work hours, casual work environment, career related trainings, focused descriptions yet day to day activities varies, never boring."

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

"Be prepared, professional attire."

What don't you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Too many organizational changes."

"It was a nice place to work"

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Professional environment"

"O.K. Place to work."

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"People"

What don't you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Remove the good ole boy mentality."

"Things are much better outside of this sham."

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Austin Tx. location."

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

"Do not do it."

What don't you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Political Financial Environment"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do the right thing. Resign."

"Is Freescale Semiconductor the right employer for me"

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Good teamwork. Team culture was good. Opportunity to learn and to make own decisions when solving problems."

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

"Make sure you negotiate your starting salary. Once you get in, raises will not be much. Ask about career advancement. The company has been going under a lot of restructuring. Employee satisfaction and security was severely damaged."

What don't you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Lack of job security. Too much politics. Good performance was recognized by immediate manager but not necessarily by upper manager."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"First level management is good. Upper management don't remunerate efforts of less known engineers much though they have done a good job."

"Enjoyed working there but the company getting squeezed"

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Dynamic work environment with motivated people."

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

"Take the job if you need to get work but don't stop looking elsewhere."

What don't you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Freescale and been in a slow squeeze ever since the buyout by Blackstone and the decline in several sectors of their markets. There has been a slow and steady stream of layoffs over the past 4 years."

"It was a good place to work. I enjoyed my time there."

"Hands on Experience in Investigating and Analyzing excursions"

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Ability to solve yield issues"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the great work."