production technician

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entry level manufacturing technician

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Typical day at work would be to initially sample sort any incoming material by test requirements. Preferential etching, heat treatments, and measurements. I ran three departments through out the course of a day. Etch, Furnace ( Ulvac - Mitsubishi integrated Horizontal furnace bays) and all measurement areas.

I worked pretty much with no supervision and would assist QA and Process engineering in all aspects of semiconductor testing and process modification.

Management was very good up until a sister company merger and then people were placed in supervisory roles that did not have adequate experience nor people skills. Very disappointing.

The hardest part of my job was pretty much dealing with the lack of support in regards to maintenance(tool upkeep) and correlation with customer and corporate process changes.

The most enjoyable aspect of my position was the ability to work on my own as well with a team or Engineering group to complete projects. The ability to design and produce testing for customer thermal requirements and defect analysis.

The management doesn't take any excuses for absences from work, including deaths of relatives. If monthly profits are low, you will be forced to work overtime which can consist of over 100+ hours on your paycheck (12 hour shifts) this also included mandated overtime on holidays Christmas, New years, etc... If you don't have the tenure or years of experience like the older guys here you'll basically be working for your co-workers, for THEIR paychecks... Management takes safety issues as a joke and doesn't treat any report of a safety violation seriously... An employed individual just lost three fingers for a safety violation that has been reported dozens of times, yet maintenance and management DID NOT take actions... They of course fixed the door that crushed the individuals fingers after the incident, I'm assuming so they wouldn't get a law suit. 

My overall experience here has NOT been pleasant and I DO NOT recommend trying to get a job here, or even considering working here.

High tech company with good human resources. High load of work. A typical day consists of checking any production problem and fixing it, check new specifications received from customers, create new internal specifications, talk to customers, check first time shipments, work with IT for new projects, participate in quality and production meetings.
I've learned a lot about semiconductor industry and quality assurance.
Good management, professional, people persons.
Good colleagues, hard working people.
Very high volume of work.
Testing the new projects in production.

a typical day getting started as soon as possible done the correct way and making job relaxing and enjoyable.

Ive learned new things operating forklifts, different types machines

management has been great never had issues have always been on time .

I enjoy sharing information with co-workers and respect between us

hardest part of a job is when your training is so fast paced that you worry if you are doing the job good

the enjoyable part of the job is knowing that you have done the job correct did your specified amount or more , your supervisor is happy your and it is almost time to go home .

Porous hourly wage (new techs make less than a newly hired McDonald's employee) only thing that makes up for it is the incentive program. No real room for advancement. Management only cares about themselves and a select few who get preferential treatment along with extra undeserved pay raises. I'm fairly lucky working in the area that I do, along with the supervisor I have. The lack of decency toward production (feeling like a lesser human) is the biggest issue. A little more pay and respect towards production workers would go a long way.

Training was just alright, and there's little advancement in the company, though they do prefer to hire from within. Management is constantly pushing numbers even when you're doing your best, and they take no time to commend you on your efforts; only tell you when you're doing something wrong or not to their standard. It pays acceptably, and offers full benefits, so if that is all you want out of a career, then Sumco will probably work for you. Shifts are 3 days a week, 4 every other week for 12 hours a day. On the fourth day joints and feet are almost guaranteed to hurt.

Growing Epi on Silicon wafers can be slow paced or fast depending on the type of wafers grown and which customer. lot of standing running reactors multitasking between metrology and running reactors. Hardest part of job testing in new products. Most enjoyable is getting approval from Engineering to run a new part. workplace culture is demanding but fair to some degree. Learned alot about semiconductors and the companies who make them.

My position at Sumco was that of an Epi machine operator inside a clean room environment. We processed and shipped several diameters of finished silicon wafers for customers. A typical day  included loading and setup of 3 to 4 machines prior to the process.Then unloading same machines after process, and performing post measurement and inspection of product prior to being shipped to the customer. Each process entered into data system for customer tracking of product.

This is a fairly friendly place with very cooperative employees.

Typical day for office employees is flexible with some starting as early as 7:00 while others starting as late at 9:00 ending the day similarly from 4:00 to 6:00 PM.

The hardest part of the job is keeping up with changing business environment and requirements. In IT that also means doing more with less $s and employees.

The most rewarding part of the job is receiving feedback from the internal customers.

Sumco has really good benefits, our department did raffles and they gave gift cards for Christmas and Thanksgiving. That's all the good .. The pay raises weren't very much. It's really all about who you know and the perks you get for knowing that person. Theres no advancement. Management very fake & finicky, one minute they are ok then completely switch and are on you about the same thing they told you to do in the first place. Nothing gets done about complaints. Most managers think you are below them

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