Texas Instruments Reviews

Pros

great benefits, work can be challenging. global. overall not a bad place to work. flexibility was great among most managers.

Cons

career limited if you want to excel to FP&A, but others have found a way to make it work so it must be a matter of politics and persistence or both.

Advice to Senior Management

leadership needs to understand the importance of business manager support of finance. this really improves the quality of work and value-added input.

Pros

Great company and people with great technical abilities

Cons

Not too many cons except maybe a little bit conservative in business

Pros

Work life balance is good
Great products to work on
Good team work

Cons

Non technical managers in some places

Pros

Good tech knowledge, Opportunity to learn lot of new stuff

Cons

Worst manager, not aggressive enough compared to other companies

Pros

Great Benefits.
Competitive pay.
Shift work gives many consecutive days off.
Your job role plays a big part in production.

Cons

The demands of multiple bosses can conflict with each other.
Career advancement is hindered.
Many politics affecting logical decision making.

Advice to Senior Management

It would be useful to talk among other leaders within certain departments to come to a unified approach to situations before sending orders to the Fab to follow because they often conflict with each other.

Pros

Relatively stable company
Decent pay and benefits
Opportunity to work with others worldwide
On the forefront of technology
Fair amount of flexibility, work/life balance is encouraged (in many areas)

Cons

Very conservative culture
Many employees have spent many years, even their whole careers here, and can be resistant to doing things and thinking differently
Operates very lean
Structure can be confusing

Advice to Senior Management

Encourage a culture of innovation and smart, small risk taking throughout the company; be open to ideas from other companies and industries

Pros

Nice environment and work place

Cons

Bad location at texas dallas with hot weather

Advice to Senior Management

provide more training and traveling

Pros

Good benefits
Good culture
Interesting market sectors
Global company
Large company
Competitive pay
Great teamwork and leadership structure
Flexible hours

Cons

Developing environment is not always the best or cutting edge
Easy to become specialized and stuck in your area of expertise

Advice to Senior Management

Have more training at the get go for new hires. Lower the price of food at the cafeteria so it is more attractive to stay at work to eat.

Pros

There are many good hard working people at this company.

Cons

Management is becoming oppressive. Layers of management are being added, and promotions go to young fresh engineers/marketing people who do not have the training, ability, or often the aptitude to manage people or projects.

Advice to Senior Management

stop buying companies that are well on their way toward going out of business.

Pros

Very intelligent coworkers. Everyone was pretty nice.
Business casual work environment.
Fortune 500
Benefits were just ok but better than expected for a contract job.

Cons

Everyone was always so stressed out. The deadlines were crazy, which surprised me for a corporate job. It was like working at an ad agency but the pay was not equal to what you could make at an agency.

Advice to Senior Management

The creative process is not like stamping out widgets in a factory. Give people time to do their best work. Otherwise you get what you pay for.