-Technical people have very limited job opportunites in NY/NJ, the financial world dominates NY, moving to NY or NJ for a technical job is a very dangerous proposal, without even talking about working for the small volatile markets like the one Veeco dwells in
-As a technical person, the skills gained at Veeco are almost useless to get a job in the greater NY area, most people have never heard of Veeco or the equipment or technologies they work on, you'll have to do quite a bit of explaining on your job interviews in companies unrelated to Veeco's industry, in some cases you might have to leave NY/NJ to get a job
-Again, transferring your experience from Veeco anywhere else in the tristate area could prove to be challenging, this is a highly specialized company whose technology and products have limited appplications
-Leaving a decent job with decent job prospects for a job with Veeco could end up
wrecking your way of life, you can't depend on this job to support a family
-High turnover at all levels means the knowledge is never transferred correctly, very few people, if any, retire from Veeco on their own terms
-All new hires from disciplines like mechanical engineering, don't stay over 5 years, yet these machines are completely mechanically driven, how do you run a highly specialized company with so little experience, on the ground where the work is actually being done?
-Several layers of managment, some levels have no direct reports they just shift responsibility from one department to another
-Continuous layoffs; in the form of stealth layoffs, straight out layoffs and people being pushed out
-The go to solution for all of the company's problems involves getting rid of people, not reduced profits or new products
-Reacting to new work involves hiring many people for 1 or 2 new projects only to have to lay people off when the projects are completed
-I only remember one occasion where "big" sales were tied to decisions made by management, all the other sales booms were related to natural disasters or situations beyond managements control
-At least 2 employees have had stress related heart attacks sitting in their cubicles
-Disorganized management would walk around with the words PIP (performance improvement plans, 30-60-90 day plans) in big bold letters on their notepads for everyone to see (probably out of carelessness), announcing confidential matters that could enrage employees and provoke dangerous situations
-Take a very close look at the job descriptions, besides the poor english and the unheard of or explained acronyms, isn't it obvious that something is wrong with this place? How can one person be expected to be a detailed component designer, a system level designer, a project manager, an expert on several CAD packages, a manufacturing engineer, manage outsourced engineering firms, travel for business, mentor younger engineers, prepare reports for senior management, on and on, unrealistic expectations coupled with the lack of vision and the naivety of upper management is their ongoing formula for failure
-A culture of aggression and of "ratting" each other out is promoted and encouraged, do you really want to work like this?
-A parroquial sense of life pervades most of the aspects of work-life at Veeco, this is a thick veil for a well concealed racism/sexim that's imbued in their work culture
