Working at Xilinx in San Jose, CA: 15 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in San Jose, CA Area

"Its a good company to learn new technology and gain experience with future research. Managers give chance to become completely independent."

"It is not good to comment about the current employer"

"It's a very good company in San Jose"

"Unstable place to work at"

"Xilinx was a great place to work. Great culture, great leadership, innovative products, interesting projects. Change of management in the mid 2000s caused some major disruptions, leading many engineers like myself to seek green pastures. My rating is 5 stars for the early years, and 2 to 3 for the latter years."

"Great technology. Currently, the company is adrift at the C-level making it difficult to execute plans since the direction shifts so often."

"It is very interesting environment."

"Xilinx became very cost and schedule driven. Product delivery on time and on schedule is important. Everything else is on the way side."

"great people, great products, great experience and memory"

What do you like about working at Xilinx ?

"I truely enjoyed working with the people, being able to exercise technical freedom, wide range of software products."

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

"be specifically prepare with skills related to the position, but at the same time have the breadth knowledge for flexibility and move-around in this company of many software tools."

What don't you like about working at Xilinx ?

"I disliked the lack of growth possibility, constant organization uncertainty, and when you have done it all, be laid off reality."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"build culture in addition to products; value your people instead of a linear growth path of hire-promote-peak-layoff path."

"Would highly recommend this employer"

What do you like about working at Xilinx ?

"People and culture"

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

"Highly recommend"

What don't you like about working at Xilinx ?

"Changes in management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on employee development"

"Good place to work"

What do you like about working at Xilinx ?

"competent management, variety of work"

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

"Go for it!"

What don't you like about working at Xilinx ?

"Nothing"

What do you like about working at Xilinx ?

"People that I worked with..."

What don't you like about working at Xilinx ?

"Higher Management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To take care of the employee"