Great compensation, but a miserable personal life - Anonymous employee TSMC Employee Review

3.0
Aug 20, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Proud of being a TSMCer, great place to learn, lots of different filed to work on (R&D, Manufacture, QA, customer service, marketing, etc), great compensation

Cons

long working hour, really stressful work load, time pushing, easily to get pressure as unsolve issues are pretty. hardly a personal life

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Cons

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Pros

-Good learning opportunities -Large job scope -Growth opportunities around

Cons

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