Disappointed and not recommended for people who's interested in joing semi field - Process Engineer TSMC Employee Review

1.0
Mar 10, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Pretty nice opportunity to go to Taiwan to experience different culture, and that's it.

Cons

1. Long working hour and poor work life balance. Working hour is usually at least 1 hr longer than the working hour that is written on the contract, and without getting pay for overtime working. This situation is considered as normal by lot of employees and the management in the company, which is insane. 2. Poor training plan. They don’t systematically training plan, just teach you whatever that pops out their head, and expect you to remember everything they taught. 3. Operating system and software are outdated, and are not organized. It takes so much time to find and remember the software, and it’s not straightforward at all. These unorganized software eats up most of working time and lower the working efficiency. 4. Poor benefits. They declare you’ll get 100% reimbursement or benefit for things like relocation. However, these reimbursements are paid to you as your income which you’ll need to pay tax for the reimbursement. They never mentioned that part, and it actually feels like scam. 5. Poor dormitory management. Everything breaks easily and maintenance team doesn’t do anything about it. Water leakage, sewer smells last for couple months and still not fixed until today.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing to note of pros except for 2.5x pay on holidays.

Cons

Horrible work culture, 13 hour shifts (they said it would be 12 but it varies on department), training lacks depth and true mentorship. Employees with higher seniority can say anything they want (like curse in your face and say serious insults about your ability while taking no accountability for their training). If you work OT they hate it and will get on you for it. If you leave the workplace because your shift is over but other technicians are still working on tools— you are expected to stay even if it drives you into OT. Everything about their structure is set up for a lose-lose situation. Many other cons.

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