Great place to start a career, great industry to learn
Pros
TI is a great starter company for any young engineers. Reputation is great. People, process, products are all top notch. Manufacturing output is amazing and the scale an investment in the last few years really makes TI differentiated. Good mix of diversity of employees and extremely ethical business practices. Lots of opportunities in house to get training and grow your skills. TI is a historical US company with many impacts to the semiconductor and electronics industry. You can feel proud to work there. Many people make longer careers and can spend 20+ years, but also many just make a few years before finding opportunities elsewhere. It is very much a Texas based company, which is a good thing in many respects. Expect Dallas to be a common business destination. This is certainly a good place to work if you enjoy living in the DFW area. However TI is a world leader and strong global presence makes it fun and having the opportunity to interact with global colleagues and customers. It is also relatively easy to change roles once you have a few years at the company. It is common to see people moving around to new teams or lateral roles with adjacent skill sets. So if you like that large corporate environment, it can be easier to stay and still be engaged and not burned out. Everyone is very flexible on work hours (non-manufacturing roles). Really good if you have a young family or need to attend medical visits or social obligations. This is a culture that I have always appreciated.
Cons
I will say TI has an issue with mid career (8+ years) and older employees who remain as individual contributors. Of course if you progress in tracks for management or tech ladder then you can find ways to get continually rewarded, but for others it can be difficult to gain pay bonuses and such as you get toward the top end of the pay bands. The raises are just okay for most, and with profit sharing, very decent bonus yearly. Compared to the industry, the annual raises on salary are not spectacular and weirdly you can see new college hires quickly catch up to more seasoned employees. I won't say they push out older employees as I have seen many examples of people who have made multi-decade careers at TI and that is an option for most of those that want it, however, the longer you are there the less incentivized I would say it is and if there are any downturns it may be worrying. I've witnessed one major division layoff during my time and it was pretty severe, and I've also seen some smaller quiet layoffs that were questionable. That said though TI really is hitting a stride in its business and has a diverse pool of customers where I don't see major cuts needing to happen anytime soon. TI is also very much a hands on style company with in person culture. While remote work is possible, it is discouraged and some roles may not be possible at all.