Not merit based, but alot of room to grow - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso Pericom Semiconductor

If you can get in with the switch or crystal products group then you're golden. The company offers 3 weeks of vacation to new hires and adds a day for each year of service. Best to get a job here if you're young and ambitious. You can work your way up to more experienced levels, but it will require work.

The company is showing more preferences toward Asians throughout. They tend to go through lay-offs to get rid of older and more expensive workers. The management puts a lot of pressure on all the groups to perform.

Nothing worth saying in this place.

Does not work to spend money to invest new products and technologies, simply respin old products with new names. CEO wants to sell "coke" drink style. You can see what happened to Apple under John Scully when applying selling "coke" in technology.