Texas Instruments

Exposure to some serious technical talent that is not mass-produced, if you seek it out.

Benefits strictly okay.

Lower management is not coddled if they cannot perform or become abusive, unlike most places.

If the manager is not transferred or dismissed, there is almost always a way out from under the thumb of a control freak.

Younger workers can usually get ahead if they are talented and work.

If you seek it out, you can learn a lot.

There is a lot of propaganda about being "family," but don't believe it. They see you as disposable, and it will just be a matter of time until some political shift up above causes dislocation. Depend on yourself! Layoffs, including engineers, happen too often once you hit 30.

Continue to shift people around, especially managers, but be reassuring.