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Toxic and bad for career

Senior Equipment Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at TSMC for 4 years
March 6, 2024
Phoenix, Arizona
1.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Money is good; you will be busy all day.

Cons

Almost nothing you learn can be taken elsewhere, so you will be pigeonholed after a few years here.

Management will bully/belittle employees through a culture of shaming in order to always make you feel like you're not enough.

Overtime is just expected, and bosses will hold meetings at 6 or 7 pm on a Friday sometimes and act like nothing is wrong with that.

There is also rampant sexual harassment. I'm a male and I've experienced it in the form of butt-slapping and comments about my appearance, but the women (obviously) get it so much worse.

Senior male engineers would keep Excel files where they would "rate" female vendors/employees and spend time/effort chatting amongst each other on where to place them. I don't know if it's still a thing, but it was maybe the most disgusting thing I've seen in a professional setting.

Advice to Management

Just because your home life is terrible, do not take out your anger on employees. Don't make them suffer at work 12 hours a day with you.

Go fix your home life and stop making it everyone else's problem.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
3.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
1.0

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