Freescale Semiconductor Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I've worked for Freescale/Motorola for over 20 years. I've found it to be a good company. The constant mantra that I remember is: "respect for the individual and uncompromising integrity". Freescale is a global company and has approximately 18,000 employees in several locations: United States, Malaysia, China, Europe, Mexico, South America, etc. The employees are what make the company. Some of the smartest and best people I know work there."

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"New experience in another manufacturing area and product, also the team work."

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

"Prepare to work in a fast pace and ever changing direction."

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

"The resistance to change and desire to keep old policies in place."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to challenge the staff and employees for continued improvement."

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"I liked working on development tools, and I liked being able to work from home and occasionally travel to the sites where our engineers worked."

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

"It is a big company culture, so expect a lot of regular corporate thinking."

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

"Our part of the company was small compared with what the overall company produced, and sometimes our products got lost in the noise."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I thought management lost sight of why they acquired our company in the first place."

"Freescale is a great organization to work in embedded systems."

"Freescale is a great organization to work. It gave me very good experience in embedded systems."

"Freescale a great company, great boss & great work culture."

"great company, just in process of reinvinting itself"

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"the diverse worked with team, the tasks that were tackled, and it was a very collegial environment"

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

"know your stuff and come across as en enthusiastic problem solver not afraid to contribute"

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

"the world changed faster than Freescale did, I found its manner of dealing with that disappointing"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"pick a narrower direction and nimbly follow that one course, you don't need so many heavy old school structures."

What do you like about working at Freescale Semiconductor?

"Good"

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

"No salary increase last 4 years"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If they want to keep talent, they should be looking at the compensation increase each year"

"People are really nice, good company to work with."

"I worked as a microcontroller intern this summer. Great experience because each intern received the opportunity to work on a project and then present to the executive members during a competitive presentation seminar."

"Good place to learn, not to develop."