What does the future of IT Talent look like in 2022?

What do
you think are the biggest challenges for the semiconductor
industry to attract and retain employees?  
Engineering and technical talent will continue to experience a “seller’s market” through 2022.
These folks will have many choices as to where they work. In our industry, in addition to our large
and amazing pool of electrical engineers, increasingly we require software, algorithm, cloud and
even machine learning expertise to create the solutions our customers need. All of those skills
are in high demand by all companies—even companies that we would have previously thought of
as “lower tech” are requiring talent that can engineer increasingly complex offerings.   
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How is hybrid work playing out? Can the hybrid model be a

path to better work-life balance?
As the pandemic enters its third year, employees and employers are coming to a consensus that
flexibility for employees is a “must-have” to attract and retain the best talent. Our company
believes that in order to maintain our innovative and collegial culture at ADI, we have to be
together at times while preserving employees’ right to work from anywhere for a portion of the
week. We expect that employees will use their time in the office for meetings and collaborative
activities, using the time away from the office to focus on projects and work that can be handled
individually.

How are you elevating employee experience (EX) at ADI?

How do you measure the effectiveness of your EX
initiatives?  
Throughout our history, ADI has valued learning and collaboration, and this “people first”
approach makes us a real destination for people who want to work on really hard problems for
our customers. As we integrate with Maxim (ADI acquired rival Maxim Integrated in 2021), we
are building a new culture that not only leverages the great aspects of both companies but also
seeks to make us more agile and responsive to customers. To accomplish this big feat, we are
designing the new combined organisation to have fewer layers and wider spans of control. We
are moving decision rights further down in our organisation so that employees can resolve
customer and project issues quickly without being slowed down by organisational impediments.