TSMC reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(2,143 total reviews)
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C.C. Wei

74% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

TSMC has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,143 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TSMC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Sep 6, 2024

Stay away

Recommend
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Pros

Easy to get hired on.

Cons

Sweat Shop. Poor Safety practices. Very poor employee morale. Low pay in comparison to other Semi- Conductor Companies.

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TSMC Response
1y
We appreciate your feedback. The safety and wellbeing of our employees are our highest priorities, and we take allegations of unsafe working conditions very seriously. To uphold safety standards, we have a voluntary partner safety agreement with the Arizona Department of Safety and Health (ADOSH) and are regularly audited against established safety protocols. We would appreciate the opportunity to look into your concerns further. If you're open to providing more details, please contact us at p_tad@tsmc.com.
1.0
Aug 15, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent Coworker friendships gained :) It really helps you learn and understand that chasing more money isnt always greener and can end up costing you work life balance

Cons

I don't even wanna tire my self listing them all but just a few Work is life mindset grinds everyone into a paste but the Taiwanese folk unfortunately have to eat it because its one of the better opportunities they have. Safety culture coming from a few other places is absolutely ABYSMAL from just complete disregard for LOTO to not even being able to traverse the floor of the fab in our areas due to so many tiles missing and what felt like 38000 folks from other workers/contractors/managers walking around etc. (Majorly influenced by alot of tool move ins etc) Absolute loss of worklife balance. Working 12s can be taxing on the day to day basis but alot of our days consisted of having to go back into the fab 5-10 min left in our shift to do pms even though ns was there to cover. Typical days hit easy 14 hour + days plus factoring in a drive to and from it really wasnt adding up even with being on a compresses schedule. Overall the company has many many many years to improve how to do things, how to treat folk, even just how to operate efficiently. Lastly to mention the overall complexity to complete mundane tasks was insane, i counted over 40+ programs needed to just operate as a tech, with that being said some programs were only used to grab one piece of information which could lead to you trying to write a report on something while having 15 things open etc etc. Just to me coming from other companies i dont think ive seen something so un organized.

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TSMC Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. The wellbeing of our employees and safety of our workplace are most important to us and we take allegations of unsafe working conditions very seriously. To ensure we're constantly operating with the highest safety standards in mind, we have a voluntary partner safety agreement with Arizona Department of Safety and Health (ADOSH). We are also regularly audited against known safety standards by ADOSH. We would appreciate the opportunity to investigate your concerns. If you are open to sharing more, we encourage you to contact us at p_tad@tsmc.com.
1.0
Aug 11, 2024

Toxic environment

Recommend
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Pros

Standard health benefits and 401k

Cons

Extreme micro management Your Taiwanese colleagues belief all Americans are dumb No work life balance No collaboration between interdepartment or intradepartment engineers when solving problems Poor communication No integrity, need to fake data

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