this company indeed have toxic culture, even the old ladies at cafeteria also showed the bad attitude to worker.. food is terrible and bad behavior from the cafeteria...

This has not been a place that appreciates talent for a long time now. GF has proved it in many ways. The company could have been much better, however the most talented are the least valued and there is no hope that GF will get back on track. There... — read more 

Leadership which employees do not trust - that should not be called a leadership at all. When did you lose trust in them?

I can't tell you how much I'm hating the fact that I have to work tomorrow. It's not the work itself, it's this place. I'm so tired of GF and its cr-p. I desperately need to leave but I haven't been lucky enough to get a decent offer just yet. I'm... — read more 

GF has gone so low in reputation that I feel ashamed telling anyone that I work in GF. This is not good for me and my mental health and am sure most of my peers are in same mode. Trying my best to get out of this he-l.

They laid off a bunch of us in Santa Clara too. Not sure of the exact number. For the last quarter, we had been told to train GF Bulgaria employees how to do our jobs. Merry Christmas!

Please feedback of this is correct priority. Level 1 and level 2 managers are key reasons why GF is dying. Our direct management are the true nodding “yes,” men of the company and it’s their incompetence, ineptitude and just general lack of... — read more 

Does anyone know why they reported it to WARN since under 250 people? I read the WARN regulations and the only way they’d have to is if they are doing another layoff of at least 29 within three months of that layoff. The voluntary retirements don’t... — read more 

Company like GF is missing strategy and niche to survive. Do not see how this 7% reduction and 220 million saving with help company survival other than just making stock look better at Wall Street. This is terrible but real issue that GF is... — read more 

Laying off employees as a way to increase profits is an outdated and short-term solution that indicates the current management team does not have any good ideas. Let's face it, they are a one-trick pony. They haven't done anything good to move the... — read more 

management at IBM had to be one to the worse I have ever seen. writing was on the wall. there was no long term investment... all they care about was quarterly stock price. when GF took over, same IBM management ran the company. no surprise on the... — read more 

I see the construction contractor signs remain. GlobalFoundries has money for buildings but layoffs continue. This is NOT an American-owned company so expect no loyalty. How many of the “local people” promised to be hired in the expansion of 2011... — read more 

Hi, Here is summary for round 1 layoff in Q4,22.. let us keep summarizing this for next round. Globalfoundries can’t copy homework right Layoff will continue until moral improves … Someone wrote great lay-off poem Bkm to survive in GF -... — read more 

When Tom spoke at the All hands to announce potential layoff he said 5% So far 7% or > on both US sites. Malta 3000/220 Vermont 2000/148 Will be interesting to see the numbers out of Dresden and Singapore. More lies/miscalculations from... — read more 

Hi, was looking for more info. Is it offered to all above 55?

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https://vtdigger.org/2022/12/20/globalfoundries-layoffs-to-hit-148-vermont-employees-company-tells-state/

Globalfoundries can’t copy homework right Layoff will continue until moral improves … Someone wrote great lay-off poem Bkm to survive in GF - saw a-s licking and boot licking came as dominant traits to become up to director and someone... — read more 

With GF only having 2 bottom feeding Fabs in the US, being incorporated in the Caymans, and the majority stake holder being a foreign government, how much of the Chips Act money do you think GF is actually going to get? Curious

I don't have the stomach to watch, someone watch and report here please.

Aren't the shift people the lower paid ones who keep the place running? Wasn't the goal cost savings? Are the EEs going to be expected to go into the fab to fix tools more often since they get the privilege to keep their jobs and don't have to be... — read more 

I was laid off recently. Came as a surprise to me because I was under believe that no one can touch me and I was indispensable. It is sad and hard to believe but it happened. I was busy with my project day before and worked very late evening as... — read more 

I see majority of posts saying GF will not survive .. I still need stay in GF as daughter is going in senior high school year and I want to stay at least one more year if GF can survive . Here are my arguments GF was almost closing in 2014 but... — read more 

Hey .. let us take few moments to put top 3 .. so much creativity here .. ha ha Layoff will continue until moral improves … Someone wrote great lay-off poem Bkm to survive in GF - saw a-s licking and boot licking came as dominant traits to... — read more 

I missed the package. Wanted to see if I could get one as I am leaving anyway just like rest of us. Is there a trick or bkm to get package as I see that as free money. What not take some as we all will leave anyway.

We were really lucky that Samsung licensed their 14 nm to us and we are surviving since 2014 while running their borrowed technology to AMD, QCOM, Marvell , Mediatech and few others. Thanks to Samsung. Now what next ? We do not have a single... — read more 

I'm not gonna lie that I'm not glad that I survived and that I have a chance to look for a new job while I still have a job, but on the other hand, if it's true that the package for those who are laid off in the next round will not be as good as... — read more 

So was told we will be slowing all the 12fdx, 22nm and photonics to make room for overflow from other gabs. We failed 20nm, 14nm where we then had to buy Smasungs tech, which is why we're are still in business. 7nm was as we know a Complete and utter... — read more 

I've been where some of you are right now. I know well how much it hurts to lose a job you love and how difficult it can be to keep your head up and keep moving forward when it feels like there's no end in sight. But once I left GF, I realized... — read more 

I survived but clearly the layoff has created enough irreparable damage that Will be more than enough to sink the GF. I am already applying and so are my peers. No motivation to stay. All the bad and incompetent managers who are a-s lickers survived... — read more 

Great year team, we won the world series, but no rings cause we may not win next year. But we'll have to ax some of you older fellas who got us here cause we expect you to grow a bit older during the off season.

All Hands post of what was discussed.

This round will finish up by tomorrow morning. My guess is the next round will be early Q2 2023. This right here. I don't see anything happening for the remainder of the year or early in 2023 after this round is wrapped up. But we are far from... — read more 

Has anyone actually got the email for the docusign package yet?

n/m

GF run by bunch of consultants starting from the chairman. Tim Breen and his Mckinsey gang will never go away. They have no clue about manufacturing or wafer fabrication. What they know is to pay Mckinsey millions of dollars to provide lip service... — read more 

Is anyone not fired planning to aggressively look for a new job now ?

After MSMs lay off people on all four shifts do some get laid off tomorrow morning?

Before we can say for sure layoffs are done and we can stop stressing over it?

I would have preferred that they didn't give me any reason for cutting me, than the explanation I got which makes no sense and which only frustrated me even more. I am very self-critical, but what was stated as the reason for layoff is absolute... — read more