TSMC reviews

1) The salary may not be high internationally, despite being considered high in Taiwan. 2) Long working hours: Employees often start their day with a morning meeting at 8:30 am, have a half-hour evening meeting after work hours until 5:00 pm, and then have to handle the tasks assigned during the evening meeting. Typically, employees finish work at 7:00 pm. If there are issues at the factory, they may be called in to handle them during the night and still have to report to work the next day as usual. There have been instances where employees have worked through the night, without sleep, to address urgent situations and returned home at 5:00 am, only to resume work at 8:30 am. 3) Shift work: Employees are required to rotate between day shifts and night shifts. To minimize expenses, each team consists of only around eight people. This means that the remaining staff members end up living in a state of constant sleep deprivation, as they have to adapt to working day and night shifts. In reality, apart from regular day shifts, they are assigned to either the big night shift (from midnight until the morning meeting) or the small night shift (from 4:00 pm until midnight, handing over to the big night shift). If there are issues with manpower allocation, it is highly possible to be assigned to the big night shift every month, which can be extremely detrimental to one's health. 4) There is often a phenomenon of exclusion among colleagues, especially with a strict senior-junior hierarchy. I have heard of instances where friends have been verbally abused and had objects thrown at them by senior engineers during meetings. Personally, I have experienced being excluded by my colleagues. The senior colleague who was initially supposed to mentor me did not provide any guidance, making it difficult for me to learn and perform my job effectively.

very strict top-down culture, there is no too much freedom in work.