Tsmc Reviews

Pros

great amount of money. so many things can be learnt

Cons

long working hours from 8 am to 7pm

Pros

Biggest semiconductor foundry in the world.
Pride to belong and worked for such a successful company
"The story of a better pay check" than the average companies
Lots of money = lots of respect?

Cons

Military style management.
Competitve environment leading to selfishness.
Severe hierarchy differentiation
Hard (for me at least) to make loyal or trustworthy friends
Attitude problems: money runs company's culture
Double personality: money runs people

Advice to Senior Management

Do not hide anymore. Expose the real side of work and money balance.
Running upfront is awesome but at the cost of sacrifice in real life.

Pros

good salary, comparing with other semi companies in Taiwan.
reputations are also good, proud to work there.
free parking space.

Cons

not so much position u can advance to.
need a long time to get to the management level.
Hsinchu is boring, comparing to Taipei.

Advice to Senior Management

Should pay more time to help employee develop their career path & goal.
Lots of great engineer left because they can't see the future on their current role.

Pros

salary is much more higher than others

Cons

work loading is very heavy.

Pros

When I rate my work at TSMC, am particularly referring to my group headed by a foriengner who is one of the top most person in the field as well as the first fellow (highest academic title in a company) of the company. Since I work directly with this person as my boss, my work at TSMC has raised my academic, professional as well as my technical standards which am glad it came at an early stage of my career.

Cons

Language could be an issue if working in a group thats not headed by a forienger.

Advice to Senior Management

they doing great job.

Pros

the biggest semiconductor company in taiwan

Cons

heavy work and tired job

Pros

Pay is very good
Famous Semiconductor company around the world
The high tech working surrounding

Cons

working time is long
Need holiday support

Advice to Senior Management

I think it's the best company in semi cond. field. But sometimes the tedious work and long time working could be improved.

Pros

The engineers' quality and sense of semiconductor area are very strong and most engineers are proactive and willing to learn new things. It is very comfortable to be a manager or technical leader to lead the project.

Cons

The job loading and stress are very high for a manager level to handle a project. The endless job assignments are always coming to your desk, no matter day or night. There is very few time to consider other things, such as family, friends and social relationship.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't hire manager who worked for foreign country for a long time and don't understand the culture of Taiwan and TSMC.

Pros

good profit sharing and annual salary

Cons

still busy but it is getting better than before

Pros

good work/life balance with reasonable salary

Cons

stringent secure policy: no smart phones allowed in the office