I used to work for Photronics back in 2005 when they cut about 20% of the entire staff in Austin Texas. I hear things are much better now.

Photronics makes layoffs a way of doing business, even in good times. It doesn't make a difference. It's a badly run company with good technology and essential product offerings, insofar as wafer fabs can't run without photomasks. But if you're... —  read more 

do you know if photronics will be laying off admin staff any time soon? i hear different things from different folks but i was always under impression that semiconductor industry is doing pretty good and that photronics layoffs are not being... —  read more