Pros
Made some friends, learned skills pertaining to testing, PTO was good.
Cons
Overall, I did not like working there. I worked at two of the Massachusetts locations, and there were so many issues with management it isn't even funny. For example: I wanted to move into a particular area within our facility, and word got back to me that management didn't see me as being a "long-term employee". Therefore, they were unwilling to train me in the area I wanted to learn. Management couldn't even tell me that themselves. Eventually, after loads of pushing, they did start to train me in the area I wanted to learn, but it took months and loads of pressure on coworkers who had more authority than me. Favoritism also runs rampant. I worked in two of the facilities in Massachusetts, and in both, certain people had certain powers because the managers liked and supported them. That privilege was not extended to me. There were also numerous occasions where management lied to me. This included an attempt to cover-up a complaint written by a toxic, troublesome coworker who was in the good graces of management. The health insurance offered outside of Arizona is subpar, at best. Every doctor I went to had difficulty locating my insurance and figuring out if my insurance was in network. Ridiculous. Pay cut was issued because company wasn't doing well financially. This one really pushed some buttons. There were countless other ways Microchip could have approached their "downcycle dynamics" situation. Cutting your employees' pay (which is barely enough to pay the bills as it is pre-pay cut) should be an absolute last resort, not your initial action. The CEO saying "share the pain" and "when you're going through hell, keep going" while he gets to go home to a mansion was a punch in the throat. So much for "Employees are our greatest strength". Microchip is returning the pay cut in the form of RSUs that don't vest for two years, and if you quit, like I did, you don't get the pay cut returned to you. After two years, the 1500 I "sacrificed" basically wouldn't have been worth it. And, even if the pay cut comes to an end when they say it will, there will likely be no raise for the next year. So the pay cut as effectively become permanent for those who choose to stay. Overall, I would not recommend working at Microchip Technology, at least in Massachusetts. This place needs to seriously rethink how they treat their employees.