Texas Instruments

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TI is not the same as 10-20 years ago. The great engineers who built TI have already left this place.

1. Unreasonable working conditions, 80+ hours for minimum pay – this is slavery.
2. If you speak up, management will shut you down and retaliate.
3. Upper and mid-level managers are highly incompetent, non-technical, and not even qualified to lead the business.
4. They will push you until the breaking point with no bonus, no extra pay, and spit you out once they’re done with you. They will then replace you with a new college graduate until they burn them out as well.
5. Meetings on New Year’s Day and holidays. My manager called me for meetings, and when I pushed back, they cut my bonus and retaliated.
6. Highly political place.
7. Managers only care about their own career and bonus. They cut corners and costs. They try to run a workload of 10 people with a team of 3 and unreasonable deadlines.
8. People come and leave with anxiety pills and frequent doctor visits.
9. Mandatory 5 days a week in-person show-ups. HR is monitoring daily badge-ins.

Go do a different job you’re qualified for and have some morals. Don’t treat people as slaves.