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3.7

78% would recommend to a friend

(295 total reviews)
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Steve Kelley

85% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Advanced Energy has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 295 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Advanced Energy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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295 reviews
1.0
9 Oct 2018

Disappointed

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits good coworkers

Cons

Worked here for over 16 years! Too much management they all sit around and do nothing have no clue how to do there job (in service that is) but are excel spread sheet readers who tell you priority like you can’t read. They’ll promote you on wage freeze years and not make up for your raises. They will steal bonuses from you!!! Their money’s important yours is not.

1.0
13 Sept 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1) Pay is good 2)Few engineers are really smart 3) Insurance is ok 4) free coffee 5) AE is set as a major player in the market

Cons

1) The company is run by a bunch of old engineers who use ancient methods and are power hungry and control freaks 2) The "Engineering" Managers are a joke. They wouldn't pass an undergrad basic electronics test and have no clue what the products do. They wouldn't even be good program managers 3) Most of the employees have just been at the company forever and are simply sitting on their jobs 4) Few talented new hires were just frustrated and quit 5) Yelling and cursing is the norm as is office politics and drama and everyone keeps blaming the system 6) The so called "Leads" have no idea what they are doing and every product/shipment to customer will be delayed no matter what and the program manager faces the heat every single time 7) People who say that they are excited to wear "many hats" and think that they are contributing to the project are the guys that are actually being a burden on other engineers 8) Manager sit around doing excel sheet and are at the mercy of older engineers for surviving in their jobs 9) favoritism runs rampant and the "new" program of " employee appreciation" is the same bunch of guys getting stock bonus every quarter 10)The so called value and culture is just talk and no one even has any clue what employee harassment or company ethics mean 11) There is literally no invention or innovation as the company sits on their 30 year old Paramount and Apex products and the belief is that the bigger fish wont let them die 12) This is a "high tech" company that is " powering the 4th industrial revolution" that fears technology itself and technical people 13) Top management hired today will quit in 2 years

1.0
12 Oct 2017

Avoid at All Costs

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you want to step back in time, work here; Otherwise keep looking.

Cons

I would rate this zero stars if I could. They will make you all kinds of promises and lie to you before you accept the job then renege once you start. They say they want ot attract millenials, but their policies and systems are antiquated. They use travel agents to book travel. TRAVEL AGENTS like from the 1950's. They aren't interested in advancing to the 21st century or streamlining or saving money. They have a bunch of old hags in charge of policy and they get to dictate what goes. Since they've been doing things the same way since 1981 and are mature AF, they don't even consider newer, better ways to do things. And don't get sucked in by the lies they'll try to deceive you with in order to get you to take the job.

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Advanced Energy Response
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We appreciate your candid feedback and are concerned to hear of your negative experience. Please know that we continually look for opportunities to improve our processes and operations and will pass your feedback along. If you’d like to share more about your experiences, we’re here to listen. You can email us at careers@aei.com. Thanks.
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