Pros
• Compressed shifts allow you to have a lot of free time outside of work. • Annual Profit Sharing is always a great thing. • Texas Instruments hosts many in house events and celebrate holidays with and for TI’ers on each shift. • There are many opportunities to learn new skills, methods, and techniques to perfect your craft as a technician. • There are a lot of seasoned Technicians on each shift to learn from. • The role of technician is extremely important and respected even by engineers and upper management because we are the backbone of the FAB.
Cons
• Sedgwick is a painful annoying system to use for health / disability related leave or any leave. • The Time Bank System is too vague and time off should be categorized and available in different forms. For example, sick leave, vacation time, paid time off, etc. For technicians, it’s just time bank. • Numbers in module seem to be more important than quality of technicians. • The pay is not competitive, but it’s acceptable as a foot in the door due to profit sharing and bonus. • There is not enough vendor training.