equipment engineer

process engineer

equipment technician

manufacturing operator

technician

Tower semiconductor

As title says this place is an okay place if you just finished high school and need money but as a long term job I would not recommend. There is too much favoritism amongst the Leads/supervisors and this is one thing that WILL affect your raise (if you get one). Raises are suppose to be yearly.

You will start off at $11 and after a year you will go up to $11.50. Benefits here are awesome done really well, except for time off (paid time off) you are given 24hrs of PTO (emergency time off) for the entire year as well as accumulating 5.14hrs of what they call timebank every 2 weeks (payday) so taking time off really stinks at this place because if you do not have the hours to cover your shift you will not be paid. Also they will take your time bank hours out if you call in (unscheduled day off) and will not pay you (unless you have PTO hrs).

Not all aspect of this place are horrible. I really enjoyed the people and the friends I made which will be more like family after years there because you will see them more then your outside friends/family eventually you will know everyone on your shift which is a plus to me.

On part of the Job it's EXTREMELY easy, yes, it's quick paced in some areas and in others you will find lots of time on your hands. There are about 6/7 areas, but for the most part you will be stuck in the area you are hired in for years not much cross-training going on here unless you personally ask to be.

A day at work is filled with prioritization, problem solving, and dynamic thinking.  I have become an expert at multitasking and creative problem resolution in a fast paced environment. The satisfaction in proactively optimizing productivity and manufacturing needs is one of the most fulfilling aspects of my job.  Collaboratively working with other departments to accomplish a common goal is also rewarding.  Management has standards for excellence that encourages integrity and supports learning.  The most challenging part of the job is when a situation arises that cannot be immediately remedied by myself or my team, simply because I prefer to maintain optimal tool availability and productivity.  This does, however, promote the strengthening of relationships between departments when all is said and done.  The most enjoyable parts of the job are the contributions I feel I have made to the bigger picture and the positive impact I know I tried to make with my coworkers at the end of the day.

A typical day at work involves general problem solving of tool issues as they arise, with maintenance of tools as they reach certain usage metrics.  Management constantly ready to jump down throat if anything goes wrong, whether its employee's fault or not.  Unrewarding work place that does not care about work force.  Managers only care about profit margins, constantly talking about a debt they don't pay off.  They're posting at least 77 million dollars in profit a quarter, but do not want to negotiate raises.  Work is not difficult in itself, although difficult troubleshooting issues arise from time to time.  Coworkers were nice, but as a young professional, I knew I was outside of their clique.  I came across them talking about me behind my back a number of times, while I had the respect to not say anything negative about my coworkers to other coworkers.  There was a large generational gap of at least thirty years, so I suppose it's not too surprising.

disappointing experience, worked for a year as fab operator. Training is basically showing you how not to brake their product while moving it around then learning operating your tool as you work in the fab room where it is noisy and everyone has a mask over there mouth. you must be certified on a number of tools to get a pay increase of 2%(certifications meaningless out side of job) after 6 months.you don't control when you get the tests but your expected to use the tools without certification and with out the 2% pay increase. certifications exist so they have an excuse not to pay you as you "learn" and make them more profit.   

This company has strong potential and a solid foundation; however, the current management culture presents significant concerns. I observed frequent unprofessional behavior and inappropriate workplace dynamics, including favoritism and exclusion by certain managers. In particular, there appeared to be a culture of cliques that created a hostile and emotionally taxing environment—not only for myself, but also for at least two other colleagues who shared similar experiences. I believe it would be beneficial to reassess the professionalism and compliance standards among current leadership to ensure a more inclusive and respectful workplace for all employees.

PROS: Most people are friendly, helpful, and hard working. Company has been getting more organized (more and more efforts are being put into QA activities, 5S, Six Sigma Lean methods, etc.)

CONS: 
- Process (and probably Equipment) technicians are always under a lot of pressure coming from mostly production, which can be unethical sometimes. 
- Process engineers are on calls over the weekends, including holidays. Sometimes they call at midnight.
- The annual salary growth is bad. It can't even match inflation rate, unless you have a promotion (and for which you get maybe a 5% raise which is ridiculous). New people coming in can have a 15-20% higher salary than a current employee at the same level.
- There is a 4-6 month delay between your annual review and the actual update in your paycheck.

Towerjazz is an okay company to work for. Plenty of hours, stable hours, 80 hours every 2 weeks, overtime varies, there is no room for advancement, totally unfair to employees who want to move up due to favoritism. Overtime varies by how many people have worked overtime in total per week. Horrible benefits, very cheap, don't get any sick paid time off or vacation time till after 1 year of being there, even though Towerjazz Semiconductors has a Alternating Work Schedule, it still isn't fair because life events come up and nothing and I mean nothing is excusable, not even a Dr's note. So if you call out due to being sick and haven't been there a year, you will get an Occurence, only benefit was good was having a 4 day/3 day work week, every other week.

Working here was not worth it, they overwork you for a measly 13 dollars an hour and everyone who worked there lived in section 8 housing. No one working there could live comfortably, you could not go to the restroom during your 12 hour shift without them taking the time out of your lunch break, the “pay raises” was only 25 cents every 6 months and that’s only IF you learned more machines, so basically you needed to do more work for a measly quarter raise . 

The stated company values will lead you to believe they care about you, they do not. Your immediate manager/supervisor will most likely be a good one. The management above your supervisor will not be good. Always understaffed, production expectations will remain consistent or increase. Company refuses to hire when needed. The people I worked with directly were, for the most part, awesome (including my supervisor) YMMV. While I was there they bulk hired and trained 200 people in one go, all but 10 were gone in less than two months. 3 days on 4 days off one week, then 4 days on 3 days off the next.

It’s an average company to work for but if you’re ambitious or have big ideas look elsewhere! The ceo belongs to the last century and the company is flat but only people in the “circle of trust” advance here. It gets you an exposure to some fundamentals if you spend time learning by yourself and from the costumers but the management mostly busy advancing their own self interest and playing favorites for their own people. Company Culture has been deteriorated due to the isralei ownership but most workers here are good at their job even though most competent  people leave in couple of years due to what was mentioned above!

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