Texas Instruments reviews about "work environment"

Significantly less engineering focused than used to be the case Diminished career growth opportunities due to somewhat static revenue position for several years

As you climb the management ladder, can become somewhat stiffling

Must be very vocal. Technical concerns usually overruled by business needs. Harder to move around in the company than others.

Frequent massive layoffs, little promotion opportunities.

As a software/firmware engineer you are worthless. For TI, software is just something to be written in the air, and pure cost. Main focus of this company is to reduce cost of existing products, that means if you are working on a project which requires research and development you are on the gun. You may end up with lay-off even you are a top performer. Never ever use the word "Research" in your sentences. In brief TI is not an engineering company, it just driven by sales person without adhering any engineering skills.

Training and approval for conference attendance has dropped off in the last 10 years. Company is less focused on experienced engineers.

1. Difficult to move around into different teams or business units

From a technology standpoint as a software engineer, you won't be working on anything considered 'cutting-edge'. The work is very interesting and challenging but the software used to do it isn't the latest and greatest.

Only major semiconductor company in the DFW area. DFW is an area that does not seem to focus on public transport - TI supports a lot of options for transit but for many job roles self transit is the only feasible option which means one may have to drive 30~456 minutes to work.