A lot of room 4 improvements! - Technical Writer Advantest Employee Review

3.0
29 Nov 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good products (portfolio should be reduced though) Excellent peers - the majority is always willing to help, assist and make you learn (even if you make mistakes!) Very interesting mixture of HW, SW and services, and customers. Salary, bonuses and benefits are quite good, I think. As a Japanese company, your job is quite save

Cons

Very poor lover and middle management. - Has poor soft skills (believes it did something very good if they ok'ed you working from home while you or our kid doesn't feel well). - Do not develop people well. - Too much dependency on direct superior when it comes to distribution of benefits and bonuses, personal/career development. - Annual performance appraisal is very objective to the superior's view/expectations (which he may or may not share with you - till the appraisal...) Poor career opportunities. Fixed ratio of job levels that must be met in EU (guideline from the mother in JP) Very big overhead (headcount) and slow processes (bureaucracy). Most higher management positions are occupied by Japanese people, and they shifted around rather then put the better person in place. Slow in innovations.

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5.0
9 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Growth here depends on one's willingness to take on projects that challenge them. Work-life balance is fantastic and employees have time to do extra activities for career and personal growth. Compensation is not the best in the industry but still at a very comfortable level.

Cons

As part of a back-end group, tester configurations are usually limited to minimal resources. Lack of pressure might cause employees to be complacent with taking it easy.

2.0
6 May 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Takeda Riken as "Startup" in America - WAS A Great Company - Almost Like Family TEAM

Cons

After Many Years working for Takeda Riken America - in A Good Area of The U.S. ... New Advantest America Management then took over ... which, after many years working for Takeda Riken America - Required to Transfer (Else Quit) ... After Relocation for Advantest America - Employee Strike 1 -(in my new company relocated to area) - Customer Handler doing Cold Semiconductor Testing Condensation Drip down into The ATE Test Head - Even Factory Rep. report Repair of ATE Test Head IMPOSSIBLE ! Employee Strike 2 -(in my new company relocated to area) - New ATE arrive and fail chip testing @ High Speed ... I requested replacement clock boards (which fixed the ATE) - Factory had to Compensate / Modify The New ATE Design Clock Boards Employee Strike 3 -(in my new company relocated to area) - Prior Installation Analog System random going to ATE Calibration - Test Floor Air conditioning going into the Analog System BAY around the Large Test Floor Power Cable (had to block out the holes in the Test Floor under neath The ATE Analog Bay If There was an ATE Problem - Local Customer Relocated Guy's Fault. If Local Relocated Guy fixed ATE Problems - Local Sales Guy in charge of the office report - The Local Business Unit Responded Well ! while i was fixing ATE problems @ The Customer After Employee Strike 1, 2 & 3 -(in my new company relocated to area) - You're Fired.

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