Atomica Reviews

3.4

45% would recommend to a friend

(27 total reviews)
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Eric Sigler

62% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Atomica has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 27 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Atomica employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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27 reviews
1.0
3 May 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Only suitable for temp position

Cons

1. Nepotism is well and alive. Round the year promotions, incentives and raises are provided to the handpicked few, others will be forced to stick to the annual promotion cycle. 2. Everyone who is not VP/Director is a glorified technician. Employees are hired and fired as disposable commodity. 3. Employee turnover rate is high. People get burned out with management, workload and infrastructure. 4. Poor infrastructure from the roof to tools; both leak and wreak. Majority of the "state of the art" tools have 1980s floating windows screensaver. Improvement to the infrastructure doesn't seem like a priority 5. Management is clueless about state of reality and has a blind eye towards ones to bring them to focus. 6. With closer to 200 employees, the company doesn't understand the need of a HR department to address and resolve employee concerns. Their independent payroll/HR service and EAP therapist deem the workplace as a toxic environment.

1.0
17 June 2022

Run for the hills

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Acceptable entry level experience in beautiful Santa Barbara.

Cons

The company continues to be plagued with poor culture as seem by a high turnover rate. The MEMS fab equipment is very old. Some new equipment has been added recently, but there are not enough equipment engineers to maintain good processes and process control. Poor performing employees are relocated to a new department as long as they support the toxic culture.

1.0
15 Feb 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good people. Hard working. Talent in the lower levels.

Cons

Leadership spends most of its time pleasing CEO. CEO is driving this company into the ground. No pro-active budget No Preventative maintenance No planning No technology roadmap No OKRs/KPIs that aren't CEO specified No respect for the team members No appreciation for the complexity of work No plans or directions No capex plan No respect for the environment/facilities/foundation of our company

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