FormFactor Reviews

Former Employee – worked at FormFactor

Pros – Compensation was average to above average and benefits were average to above average. Relatively laid back working environment. Very structured and efficient production environment.

Cons – Not the highest level of technical ability, there were some very good people and some very poor people technically. If you are competent you can advance. style valued over substance by management.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on accomplishments and not activity or presentations. Value people of value, not people who sound like they have value. Eliminating dead weight will help with cost savings and efficiency.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at FormFactor

Pros – Small city, close to cafe.

Cons – Far away, traffic is bad.

Advice to Senior Management – Move it to Dublin.

Current Employee – been working at FormFactor

Pros – Peer to peer relationship. Some excited young guys work here.

Cons – Management doesn't really know where the company is heading

Advice to Senior Management – Budget smartly, keep the current people happy and continuously challenged.

Current Employee – been working at FormFactor

Pros – Excellent technical staff, interesting technology

Cons – unrealistic top down schedules from management, top heavy organization

Advice to Senior Management – Focus

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at FormFactor

Pros – I worked on many projects. Being an intern kept me busy and my mentors treated me as an employee rather than an intern. And no there were no coffee or printing assignments.

Cons – Work was slow in the start ... you need to ask for more work

Advice to Senior Management – Peace!

Current Employee – been working at FormFactor

Pros – Technically challenging if working on the right projects, smart colleagues, informal atmosphere

Cons – Grew big and successful too fast, Lack of systems and organization, frenzy of fast-paced development work instead of doing it right the first time.

Advice to Senior Management – Better organization and clearer communication on details (not just high level)

Former Employee – worked at FormFactor

Pros – Good benefits. Free fruit twice a week and snacks at employee meetings in good times. Middle management is good, allows employees lot of latitude without micro management.

Cons – Upper management is bloated. Too many VPs trying to run day to day operations instead of figuring out long term strategy.

Advice to Senior Management – Trim the fat in upper management for lean times. Lose non performing and revenue dissipating groups without playing favorites. Resist old boys club type think.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at FormFactor

Pros – Interesting technology and smart coworkers.

Cons – Not much strategic direction fromsenior management. It does not seem that the management cares much about the employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Refocus the company on product excellence during this downturn. Drve product development thorugh a realstic development process.

Former Employee – worked at FormFactor

Pros – Close to home, decent benefits and pay.

Cons – Many. Amateur management. Review meetings are usually spent finding a victim and publicly humiliating that individual. Promotions and advancements are based on cronie-ism.

Advice to Senior Management – Promote staff based on performance, not who sucks up to whom. Also, be professional. There is NO reason the publicly dress down any staff member. There are waaaaay too many VP's for a small company. Remove at least half of them. Finally, remove Mario, Igor, Ben Eldrige, and one or two more from the payroll. They are the primary reason that FormFactor stock is in the tank.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at FormFactor

Pros – Technology is very good and unique, work in general is interesting and dynamic, very talented and capable technical people. Although work load may not allow it at present, management is supportive of work-life balance as a principal. Fundamentally in a good niche market with high long term potential

Cons – Scrambling to regain market share, many parallel technical efforts being pushed without adequate staffing and resources - too hectic and dynamic. Attrition is getting to be high,
and in a place where systems are not in place, that is a significant loss of know-how, making it difficult for the persons remaining to carry on. Company grew too fast for its own good.
Company prefers to getting outsiders (from more established companies) for key leadership positions rather than growing employees from within.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to be more customer friendly,
Develop and promote from within,
Invest in systems to reduce inefficiencies and costly errors.
Develop competency in other areas in addition to spring technology.