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Latest position there was Material Expeditor. I would print out work orders in SAP, gather appropriate documentation, (layouts, custom flow sheets, etc.) pull appropriate materials, issue and release to specific areas of the floor. There were 3 areas that needed to be kept running daily, these included Thickfilm, Reflow, and Die Attach.
Once a job was completed, I would verify counts, receive material in and either store or move to the next location. I also performed weekly audits to ensure counts were spot on in all areas of materials.
I also worked as a Planner, which included attended daily meetings to determine priorities.I created work orders, posted schedules in appropriate areas, expedited operations that could potentially delay schedules. Conferred with department supervisors to determine progress of work and to provide data on priority changes. I learned many operations, inlcuding assembly, functional test, Quality Assurance, Incoming Inspection, Design Engineering Specialist, Customer Service and Sales, and also worked closely with procurement. This is one area I would have liked to have mastered.
The management always seemed to turn over there. In my 25 years there I saw alot of turnover. When Cirrus took us over, they eliminated some upper level manager positions and wanted new people to fill certain positions because they had Ivy League degrees that they felt were better than experience.
The co workers were some of the hardest working ,loyal and considerate people I have had the privledge to know. I created many lifelong friendships, and most of them were like family.
Hardest part of the job, saying goodbye to everyone when I was laid off after working with them for so many years, seeing the fear in their face wondering if they were next.
Most enjoyable part of the jobs, were that there was never a supervisor hovering over you, I worked unsupervised to perform the tasks at hand without any problems.

Unfortunately, sometime within the 3 years I've worked here, the company culture has become factionalized. Overall Cirrus is a great place to work. It's just the department I work in, is rife with certain people that like to constantly talk about people behind their backs, and always pointing out the faults of others while pounding their own chest as if they're the only ones in the company that has a clue. I've only received 1 yearly pay increase of the three years I've been with Cirrus. The prior year for me not getting an increase was because they fired my manager shortly before my yearly review was due. And this year I was passed up on getting a pay increase, because my new manager's lone decision was based on his opinion that we weren't on the same level and didn't see eye to eye. Even though all my key review area's had a 5 of 5 rating. Even my peer reviews were stellar.

Cirrus Logic has worked-out-all-the-kinks in Business technology.  They have separated IT departments, managment and proper approval processes.  Each team has cross-training and does a good job communicating changes.  They follow IT standards and audit processes knowing the value of keeping everything consistent between teams and executives.  I've yet to work at a company that has Cirrus's inner workings for IT to be successful.  Most businesses have a lot of legacy hardware/software, rogue software/portals, different hardware generations, license key mess, lack of exec support and frustrated staff.

At Cirrus, the management truly gives you the feeling that they care about their employees. Like any other semi-conductor company we too have tight schedules and deadlines to meet but even during this time the company atmosphere allows you to wind down for an hour during the weekly happy hour.
The happy hour is a great way for you to socialize and find out what your other co-workers (ones you do not interact with daily) are up to, bounce ideas off of each other etc.
Cirrus is growing at a fast rate and has close to a 1000 employees now, but it still has a small company feel where activity doesn't get bogged down by a lot of corporate formalities. And like a small company others aware of your accomplishments.

Company needs focus
HR pushes employees to rate company and managers well on performance surveys and discuss any issues only in private
No job security
Lacks new ideas
Poor overall management
Poor management of HR
Focus is too much on Employee perks (free coffee, ice cream, beer) and not enough on product development and working as a team to develop strategic initiatives.
Management does throw employees under the bus instead of working on their own management skills

I left CRUS in 2008, and the company has evolved into mostly an Apple supplier which I believe is about 80% of their business now. While I worked there, the company was not managed well and had frequent layoffs which I had been warned about. I enjoyed working there while it lasted because the working environment was challenging but relaxed. On one Thursday every month, the company would have a party with life music and beer. The pay was average and the benefits slightly below average. CRUS gave above average amounts of stock options that always stayed under water, however.

Most days were 8 hrs. until the work load piled up. I had a company laptop that I would work on after hours. This was very useful to keeping my project on track and keeping up on emails. My manager was very knowledgeable about the computer programs and tried to have the latest tools available. I didn't think he had a good grasp of time line for scheduling projects with the resources. I didn't find anything hard about this job except for delays in planning from management.

Cirrus logic was a good place to work. The company provided several fringe benefits that really allowed their employees to enjoy working downtown. There were occasional classes to help engineers to do their jobs. They provided opportunities to work in different areas to provide some variety to the workplace. 
The one con that I would say is that the fringe benefits and company culture focus on a person who is single rather than for families. There are some family benefits, one family activity in summer. The rest of the year is focused on "single life".

not a great place to work..expected you to change hours days and shifts on no given notice, expected you to work 16 hour days with no notice..then when theres no work expects you to take vacation.
90 percent of their bussiness is dumped into one customer..
and this customer, has stated it will buy the place where cirrus has it chips made by the end of 2014, and start making thier own chips.
thus unless this company can diversify itself within the next year
and gain new customers. which do not account for 80-90 percent of its sales, I say the end is near...

Its a good place to work. They have a lot of fun activities to reduce workplace stress. Weekly Happy Hours is the best.
The Work culture is relaxed when no project deadline is there but becomes quite hectic when a deadline has to be met. But this is the story of every company.
The worst thing about Cirrus is, their interns even after working so hard for 7-8 months are not appreciated for their efforts and are not offered a Full Time in most cases recently. This is bad and it feels like Cirrus is looking for cheap employees to do the same work Full Timers do.

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