STMicroelectronics comments - Senior Engineer STMicroelectronics Employee Review

3.0
19 Jun 2008
Recommend
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Pros

It is generally a pleasant place to work and co-workers tend to be interesting individuals. The 401K and health benefits package is good and inexpensive. The site cafeteria is very good, and cheap. They are good about keeping new-ish computers and other tools updated for people to use. Considering the chemicals used in making semiconductors, the safety is very good.

Cons

Managers: Runs the gamut from great professionals to petty tyrants. The company culture does not seem to cultivate any uniformity there. Roll the dice. Vacation: They call the vacation package "flexible time off", but ST forces employees to take many hours/days of vacation at arbitrary times in a quarterly effort to make the books look good, even when the employees do not want to take off and do not have to take off for business reasons. Disciplinary action is threatened in writing against those who resist.

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5.0
4 Oct 2025
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Pros

The company treats people well

Cons

Large organization without a clear onboarding process

1.0
24 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

If you thrive in a low-accountability environment where showing up is enough, this is your paradise. No one is measured on output — just tenure and nationality. Perfect if ambition makes you uncomfortable.

Cons

Where do I start. STMicro is a company that peaked decades ago and has been coasting ever since. The entire organization is paralyzed by Franco-Italian politics — your career trajectory has nothing to do with your performance and everything to do with which country you're from and who you know in Geneva or Grenoble. Middle management is a graveyard of lifers who haven't had an original idea since 2005. Decision-making is painfully slow, innovation is non-existent, and any attempt to push for change gets buried in committees. The semiconductor industry is moving at lightning speed and STMicro is standing still. Competitors are lapping them while leadership congratulates itself in PowerPoint presentations. If you're ambitious, talented, or value meritocracy — run. This place will grind you down and waste your best years. Advice to Management: Stop pretending politics and nationality don't drive every major decision. The talent is leaving and you're not getting it back

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