Texas Instruments reviews

Insular culture - if you're not from Texas, you're not really in, despite the many employees, including some senior managers, from around the world. Does not take internal criticism well. It was obvious the wireless business would lose to Intel and Qualcomm, but if you really questioned TI's strategy, you were persona non grata. No robust, internal self-critical culture. If you're not an engineer, you're a second class citizen.

I joined the TI sales force in 2006, and it was a great place where they valued their people and developed them. By 2011, that had turned 180 degrees and people were now a commodity and older, veteran people were unceremoniously made to feel unwelcome, so almost all of them left. Regional sales manager positions with 20-30 reports were filled with people that 2 years before were college interns, a very nice slap in the face to the veteran people in the field who had been selling TI for years. Also, TI stopped calling on "non-growth" customers, leaving them to the competition. Management sought absolutely no feedback from the field. This is a great place to work if you're a robot.