Pros
The benefits are great. Relationships with coworkers are awesome! I've worked with some very good people at TI.
Cons
Management does not promote from within and HR will block employees from advancing. Manufacturing specialist cannot be promoted even with degrees. Moving forward is difficult and very political. They will hire new college grads over promoting their own employees. They will hire technicians from technical schools and pay them much more than current employees make. Even though the new hires have no industry experience. They do very little to recognize talent. Often aggressive employees are rewarded for being 'go-getters" when actually they are bullies. TI needs to realize they have very talented employees who currently work for the company. They say they want to improve moral. But they hire manufacturing employees through a contracting company and give them no benefits (no 401k, discounted stock, health insurance) and keep them waiting to be 'converted' to TI for YEARS. They should have a minimum of 1 year to conversion, but some people wait 4-5 years before TI hires them. That seems highly unethical. And definitely contributes to low moral and turn over. Also, the training is poor. There is too much emphasis on moves over quality. When new hires are brought in training depends on how much pressure trainers are feeling to produce, rather than to take their time nurturing the new hires. New hires feel the pressure and see the writing on the wall (no conversion date) and look for jobs elsewhere.