Avoid 200mm Fabs - Equipment Engineer Texas Instruments Employee Review

4.0
Mar 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Large company with many benefits and opportunities to move laterally into job roles that are more aligned with what you want. If you want to go up the management chain, you can do it quickly within the fab if you put in the time and effort. Compensation is average, very middle of the road. If you are liked by management, you will be well compensated. If you're not personable or well liked by management, you won't be fairly compensated. I recommend TI for those who will be in the corporate office or who are very much all about semiconductors.

Cons

200mm are treated like lower class citizens - not given enough money or people to succeed but expected to make due regardless. Lots of middle management is burned out and also put into an impossible positions by the top brass. Compensation is average, very middle of the road. If you are liked by management, you will be well compensated. If you're not personable or well liked by management, you won't be fairly compensated. I do not recommend working in a TI fab, even less so a 200mm one, and especially as a new college grad (NCG). TI fabs have a habit of using NCGs who want to make their mark to run the worst performing toolsets/processes with minimal support and lots of pressure. I am not a unique case in this circumstance.

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5.0
Apr 6, 2026
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Pros

very flexible with rotational program. They really care about each employee.

Cons

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3.0
May 30, 2026
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Pros

Great learning opportunity, would recommend to new college grads Above average pay for the industry Very friendly colleagues who want to transfer knowledge WLB is team dependent

Cons

Team has reduced to 1/3 of original size in less than 2 years, but BU is mostly hiring in India Refuses to hire externally in US (only internal reqs) to fill roles lost from attrition, instead management dumps responsibilities on rest of team members (with no pay raise to match) Management refused to address 2025 layoffs, employee morale is very low Limited mobility and (capped) yearly performance bonus Restructured profit sharing to effectively be a pay cut (-7%) Unclear job description, constantly changing priorities, management is out of touch with employees Innovation isn't emphasized, new products are mostly IP re-use Employee burn-out common Definite decline in work culture since 2023 RSU vesting schedule is bad (4 years)

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