Texas Instruments reviews about "upper management"

Upper management does not walk the walk. They emphasize ethics and doing the right thing then turn around and lay off the entire Wireless dvision with only two days notice.

Too much politics. Recent upper management is extremely detached from engineering.

- Too many layoffs effecting job security - Upper management seems to be reserved for Marketing/Sales folks

No Transparency with upper management. No proper Roadmap in terms of products.

Over the last five years, management has moved in a very bad direction. Too much management change, inability to set a plan and stick with it long enough to get positive results. Micromanagement rife at every level, too many completely non-technical people in charge of technical people, bad news unacceptable. Evidence of "shoot the messenger" behavior. People are holding off from reporting bad news for fear of consequences. Increasing perception that upper management does not understand the value in experience. This is not healthy.

Upper management can be pretty flaky depending on the department. TI being an older company means an older style of management a lot of the time, so you get a lot of top-down directives that don't make much sense.

After staying long time in a similar job (3-4 years as engineer) it's almost impossible to grow or find opportunities outside technical positions. Especially if you wan to do Business Development or Marketing. Very bureaucratic culture at upper management. Entrepreneurship is almost discouraged from individual contributors

Closed "inner circle" of upper management Promotions not always based on merit Unfair "affirmative action" promoting unfit women managers to leadership roles (some are actually good, but most do not get any respect)