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Product Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Texas Instruments for 6 years
October 6, 2021
Baguio, Baguio
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

All Pros/Cons are only applicable to TI Baguio only.

  • You want to jumpstart your career (you'll probably won't get hired since they will hire their cum laude OJTs).
  • Good for a first job only (get away ASAP after you've gained experience).
  • TI will look good on your resume.
  • The top semiconductor in the Philippines.
  • Most advanced manufacturing tools/systems in the Philippines (Probably?).
  • The golden standard in semiconductor manufacturing in the Philippines (I hate to admit it, but TI is the baseline of all manufacturing companies in the Philippines).
  • Profit Sharing.
  • 14th-month pay.
  • High Ethical Standards? Not Really (At least in the Baguio plant only).
Cons

All Pros/Cons are only applicable to TI Baguio only.

  • My manager is a power tripper and a gaslighter. My former manager had 5 engineers (including me) resign in a span of 4 years. HR did nothing.
  • Toxic management.
  • Lots of bootlickers.
  • Toxic workplace and people.
  • HR won't help you. HR will guilt trip you and will make you think the management is right, even if they're obviously wrong.
  • HR is pro-management (you have no power, even if your manager is abusing you).
  • Dismal starting salary compared to other companies. Increases are yearly, but your increase is not a lot.
  • HMO is only applicable for your kids and husband/wife only. If you're single, you can't enroll your parents or siblings as dependents. (My current employer allows up to 3 immediate family members).
  • They love cheap labor. TI does not consider you an asset; employees are disposable. They'll probably hire a fresh grad to replace an employee with 5-10 years of experience and call it a day.
  • The tech ladder is politics-based. If you're friends with the technical committee, you're highly likely to get elected.
  • Management prefers fancy-looking presentations and projects with "cost savings." Imagine a patent-capable project with technical advantages that can optimize processes and manufacturability losing to a project that used recycled materials to make an organizer/container. I mean, why?
  • You'll get calls even in the middle of the night and during your rest days.
  • Thank you OT is common practice.
  • Managers dedicate their lives to TI. TI is their way of life. TI is their oxygen and water. Why live if you can work at TI?
  • What's TI's response to COVID? They put fancy tapes on the floor for "social distancing" and called it a day.
Advice to Management

Nothing. Nothing goes through the management's and HR's thick face and skull anyway, so why bother for advice?

If hell was a company, this would not be it. This is way worse than hell.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
1.0

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