Loved my team, hated executives - company headed in a bad direction - Senior Electrical Engineer onsemi Employee Review

2.0
19 Apr 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Caring coworkers, decent work-life balance, and a good direct manager are what kept me there for so long. Before the new CEO, the company was a bit bloated but it generally took care of the staff and executed projects. onsemi has the technology and IP to be a leader in the market, but is currently driving all it's best talent to go elsewhere.

Cons

New CEO and executive team is cutthroat in axing offices and people that are essential (including a woman from our group who was 7 months pregnant and critical to the investor day showcase). The pay is sub-par and the work is getting to be overbearing as more and more layoffs occur and more people keep quitting due to the bad culture and pay. The sales staff is tasked with meeting insane margin targets even while supply is outpacing demand post-COVID. Felt like every other week an email would bounce back because someone else had quit. onsemi was built like a government but Hassan (CEO) wants to run it as a startup and it's just not working. And to add insult to injury, the CEO would complain about things like not being able to spend enough time in his other home, or having to stop driving his $100,000 car because gas was too expensive. When a person making $10,000,000+ a year complains openly about money it just shows there is no connection to the staff and you are clearly expendable as an employee.

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5.0
13 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The company is focused on meaningful, long‑term impact, and you truly feel that the work you do matters—especially given onsemi’s role in power, automotive, and industrial technologies.

Cons

Like many large global companies, alignment across regions and functions can take time.

1.0
25 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company offers good pay and benefits. I also had the chance to work with many capable and supportive peers at the same level, which made the day-to-day work more manageable.

Cons

The work environment can feel highly political. The system tends to encourage people to compete or protect themselves instead of collaborating and helping each other succeed. This often creates unnecessary tension between teams and individuals. Local management also needs significant improvement. Instead of helping remove roadblocks and making the work more efficient, they often add extra processes, tasks, and requirements that do not always contribute to the real goal: improving quality and getting meaningful work done. There is a lot of focus on activities that look good on paper, but not enough support for the actual work needed to ensure quality and execution.

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