Job Responsibilities
Outsourcing;
Process Re-engineering;
Project Management;
Training;
General employee management.
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Job Requirements
Need to take the six sigma black belt course (5 month) complete
1 project, and pass an exam with a 70% or better. 90% if you
want to continue to master black belt average of 5 to 10 years of experience in
area.
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Uppers
Researching new technology;
New processes and proceedures.
Seeing change take place.
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Downers
Company is very slow to change is ways
senior management is arrogant and know-it-alls.
No room for growth due to the vass majority of managers and
senior managers being in there late forties early fiftes with 20
to 25 years in the company. They are going nowhere.
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Lifestyle
* It is commonplace to come in early and leave late.
It is common practice for meeting to be schedule through lunch
Business travelin most cases is limited to 5%
* Company social event are few are far between.
*Dress code casual
* The is little diversity at Teradyne. Professional -White males 99%, Woman .5%
Minorities .5%
Factory and tech level position - minorities make up 99% of the factory and test
tech
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Compensation
$110K (mid-range of industry);
stock options (market dip made most worthless);
full benefits package.
Salary raise avg 0 to 5% over last 3 years.
Teradyne pays in the mid-range for its employees.
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Advice to Jobseekers
Do not consider this field if you are not ready for the markets
ups and downs. Steep up ramps and steep down turns which
translated to mass hirings and layoffs.
The engineering and operations side of this business are
shifting overseas.
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