process engineer

equipment maintenance technician

process technician

senior staff engineer

equipment engineer

SkyWater Technology Foundry

The entire facility is managed by three people with no people leader experience and massive egos. Each of these so-called leaders has metrics that somehow compete with one another on a daily basis, leading to very unclear and conflicting priorities for individual contributors. The company advertises a culture of open communication but actively silences anyone with an actual opinion. From a technical standpoint, the Florida fab is equipped with old and failing equipment, while pushing employees to perform state of the art semiconductor back-end manufacturing. Company does not want to invest in new equipment and would rather customers buy new tools. DI water system was full of algae, and resistivity of water was not even monitored. Medical benefits from obscure out of state provider not recognized in Florida with exorbitant deductibles and out of pocket cash maximums.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I got a chance to learn new things and meet new people.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Getting promotions and being allowed to work overtime.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very high stress, low pay and not fair with promotions.  Management was unkind and would stab you in the back.  They will lay you off at the drop of a hat the moment you stand up for yourself or others.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Clean up other peoples messes, get yelled at by management, try to prove you are worth a promotion or raise by developing new procedures and processes just to be told you are too stupid to get the raise or promotion.  The work environment is toxic.

The FSO position at this organization is just a glorified security guard. There is no real understanding of the NISP across the company. Managers and KMPs will work around you to get their way, even if it results in a security violation. Managers and staff do not like to play well with support elements such as Safety, QA, Security, etc. Making it difficult to actually support the folks you’re there for. Forget about work life balance. It’s a 24/7 running fab. As a security professional, your phone WILL go off well beyond business hours and a constant. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
3 days off, sometimes 4. Due to alternate work weeks. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They hire you for your talent and knowledge,  and then let you rot. Everyday you would have to be creative Everyday to find tasks to do on your own. Absolutely no direction from your manager.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Dog eat dog. The apprentice assigned to you you are teaching skills to, is the guy that stabs you in the back later.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Waste of my trade skills. Coming up with creative things to do everyday.

On the good side, the company will keep you busy so there is minimal risk of getting bored with the work. Always something new to learn and grow your career. The coworkers/supervisors/managers are good to work with. The company is certainly growing at a rapid pace.
There seems to be a disconnect between the higher-ups and the other 90% of the company. I don't think it's intentional negligence and they probably are acting in the best interest of the company, but if you are not a VP or higher, your voice will not be heard.

Management is constantly changing, with no clear direction and many people in management got their roles due to length of time at the facility, not competency. Add to that everyone has to juggle an unrealistic number of responsibilities and things like proper training get forgotten. Much of the equipment is 20-30 years old, and if its not showing its age, its being used for processes it was never designed for. many pieces of equipment are so old there is no OEM support, parts are often purchased used via Ebay. 

Coworkers are extremely helpful. Management is excellent. Pay is great. Benefits are very good.  I get to work on very interesting projects. The company size is just perfect. Not too big and not small. 1-2 meetings per day so nothing too crazy. The rest you get to work on your projects. I get to learn some cool stuff. Great culture. The most enjoyable part of the job is, I get to work on what I enjoy the most which is engineering. I also get to work remote which is very important for me.

The internship includes a 5-day week with 8-5 shift with an hour for unpaid lunch. Work is assigned by supervisor along with training models to learn the processes of the facility. Typically, there are department meetings weekly where the team delegates tasks and updates on work. Interns get a project to work on and present at the end of the summer at a company intern event.

Upper management is completely disconnected. Their lip service does not match how they treat employees. Everyone is treated as a faceless number and is disposable. Professional feedback falls on deaf ears. Resources needed for normal operations are either sparingly provided or not at all. Training is severely lacking.

What is the best part of working at the company?
People are friendly and kindly.  Rooms are clean.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Have to taking the test all the time and keep learning new things 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
People are friendly and kindly but top management aren’t good. They don’t care much about workers.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Coming to work and follow the rules.

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