Bad work culture - Process Engineer TSMC Employee Review

3.0
Sep 5, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Money and the most updated experience relative to the industry

Cons

Military style work culture, lots of KPIs for people, which means that every individual is treated and expected to work as a tool, that's just the culture here, it's in the directors heads, no one can talk to them and everyone fears them. CEO said in a motivational speech: do you know what does an exempt emoyee mean? It means that you're exempt from labor laws, that's his take on it. When he was asked how do we acheive work/life balance? His answer was work hard, play hard, how does he expect his employees to play hard when work hard means working from 8am and staying until 8-10pm everyday, sometimes 6 days a week if you have a weekend shift? This leaves 0 time for life. Now the problem is that this is the CEO take on things, and it resonates through the hierarchy of management until it reaches the employees, so imagine how the work culture is like. People get threatened with their bonuses for literally everything, it's their way of retaliation. You do whatever you're told to the way THEY expect you to do it, never object anything or say a word, or you get a huge pay cuts.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Nothing to note of pros except for 2.5x pay on holidays.

Cons

Horrible work culture, 13 hour shifts (they said it would be 12 but it varies on department), training lacks depth and true mentorship. Employees with higher seniority can say anything they want (like curse in your face and say serious insults about your ability while taking no accountability for their training). If you work OT they hate it and will get on you for it. If you leave the workplace because your shift is over but other technicians are still working on tools— you are expected to stay even if it drives you into OT. Everything about their structure is set up for a lose-lose situation. Many other cons.

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