TSMC reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(2,146 total reviews)
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C.C. Wei

74% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

TSMC has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,146 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TSMC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Jul 30, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay is competitive compared to others

Cons

This company is an absolute cess pool of OSHA violations, employee rights violations and labor law violations. I worked here for over five years and was subjected to more situations than I can even count that violate every one of these things. If you speak out on OSHA violations, management will retaliate against you and build a case to fire you. I was literally told by my lead to perform preventative maintenance in Semiconductor tool chambers, which are highly toxic without proper respirators and PPE. Not only is this illegal on numerous levels, but it will also impact my health in the future. Anyone who has any experience in the Semiconductor industry as an Equipment technician will know this. This company preys on people who have zero experience in the industry, because they know that they won't know enough about OSHA laws pertaining to their job to hold the company accountable. This company is literally killing its own employees for profits. They have not only had numerous deaths on site, but they are also in the midst of countless class action lawsuits due to unsafe work practices, as well as discrimination. They will hire anyone with no experience because it's easier to convince them to perform duties and jobs that violate the law.

1.0
Jul 29, 2025

working environment

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1.3 times higher salary than last job but more than 2 times workload, not to mention overtime

Cons

-Every week has early day shift (6-3 pm), normal day shift (9-6 pm) rotate. Each month also has one week night shift (3-12 pm). Usual overtime at least 1-2h without pay. Completely destroying personal life and bad for health. Some teams also have 12h over night shifts (Tip: look at the offer, it never mentions working hours/days per week, so I would recommend be sure to clarify it before accepting) -Culture to promote overtime without pay -A lot of managers, and they all come to assign you tasks -> usually one engineer answers to multiple supervisors -though there are sicks days, management usually don't like you take them -Reduced benefits compare with those hired 2 years ago when the retaining bonus is about 4 times of current ones

1.0
Jul 28, 2025

Don’t recommend

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits. And Taiwanese people are great

Cons

It will burn you out and destroy your liver

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