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Great First Job - NPI Hardware Engineer Keysight Technologies Employee Review

4.0
21 Oct 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance company at the time (2014-2016). Easy to interview and get an offer with compared to other more competitive companies. Learned a lot of things and also learned what I didn't want to work on. Old guards from HP to ask questions and seek advice from.

Cons

The pay was lack luster compared to my peers working down in the bay area < 2 hours away. For someone young and not tied down to the area, it made sense to look for employment in the bay area after a short first job stint in Santa Rosa. Keysight operates under the old system where for someone to move up - someone has to quit or retire in order for an opening to show. Young hungry people generally do not have the patience to wait 5+ years while making below average pay for the slim opportunity to move up. Young hungry people go where there is growth.

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5.0
26 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great support structure and office team.

Cons

Sometimes got home very late.

2.0
15 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

One star for the amazing people, one star for paycheck.

Cons

When I left, it took at least a month to decompress from the toxicity. KGM reorgs were a regular occurrence (5 in a 2-year span, for example) resulting in colleagues reappearing in roles in which they have no experience or disappearing all together. This created a culture of constant backstabbing and insecurity. Leadership picked favorites, ignoring the talents of many and this was reflective in bonuses. They undervalue and lose a lot of talented people, and it continues in spite of their recent positive quarterly reports. Reactionary marketing strategies result in a lot of wasted time and work. Read the rest of the reviews before taking on a role here. You will see a pattern.

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