Thread regarding Texas Instruments Inc. layoffs

@3d4 I hope this isn't true considering how many experienced and knowledgeable people got laid off or have just left the company. A lot of who's left just has so little competency for their jobs to the point where we've got DMTS tech ladder folks who only make systems that harm production. We need smart new people to pick up the slack, build competency, and actually make an impact. Our current people just aren't.

@18e

From what I have heard the policy is to move new college grads out within 5 years if they have a masters degree. If they only have a bachelor's its 3 years. By the time ncg's about 2 years in they realize that no matter what they do they will be pushed out or get piped so they give up and either move on to the next company or quiet quit until the rest of their signing bonus is in their bank account. Fight it up the chain as much as you want, but the way they see it, as long as the system is in place, people do not matter. In other words only the management currently in place matters because they know the system. Everyone on the first few rungs is entirely disposable. If only management actually understood how things are done and were not woefully incompetent.

@mr Agree 100%

@18e RFAB Test module is the worst

'Sad reading this thread and seeing all of the dissension - I worked at TI for 25+ years and for most of those years we had people that really were honored to work there and worked with commitment and enthusiasm. Seems like all of that started changing around the time Rich tried to retire the 1st time and Crutcher stepped in (2018 I think) and showed everyone how integrity was on the way out moving forward. He lasted 6 weeks I think and Rich had to stay for another 5 years to smooth things out and find a replacement. Once Haviv came along and brought his staff along (Krunali) that place has been circling the drain ever since... Many I talk to say there is very clearly hiring discrimination leaning towards a particular country I'm sure most can guess. But at least I'm no longer there to see the carnage. Best of luck Guys! Sad to see a formerly great employer turn like this.

@131 and don’t get me started on some (not all) of the quality they get as new grads. Absolutely unwilling to work! Oh, and they love night shift because they think they can hide upstairs on their phones doing nothing. I want quality engineers who want to work and learn. Not new grads who want to get a paycheck and see how little they can do before they get fired! As you can tell I am beyond sick of it

@12-k I heard the exact same thing. Some departments had more loose excuses than others to let people go. Why are you trying to gaslight us? Also, have you not noticed how many good engineers decided to leave after the layoffs? There's a reason this place is called the training institute, they'll constantly churn out decent engineers for cheap new college graduates. It happens every few years. Maybe not always as bad as last time but still.

@mr no mangers I know have said that. Except the ones that are trying to be nice and not say well you su-ked. If you have no shows, if you’re late often, on a pip you’re on the list HR sees. They don’t look at YOU personally that may be true (on a personal level) but instead the broad picture. Where they need the cuts that’s where they will look for those on bottom or having issues. Work hard, stay off your phones, come to work on time and you will be fine.

@xh performance had very little to do with it. Most people in management I've talked to had no say in who was let go and were often very upset by who they lost. It appeared to largely be a collaboration between HR and finance.

@mr they literally go by your numbers lol any write ups etc. I’m guessing you are bitter and was in the bottom

What a joke! The last few rounds of layoffs were people of all walks of life. People on the tech ladder, people who were hard workers and got great performance reviews all let go. It doesn’t matter if you’re a hard worker or not you get put into an algorithm of randomness and they cut strictly by the numbers so you can’t sue for racism or ageism, disability etc. keep telling yourself as long as you’re not in the bottom your safe. Keep skipping your breaks and lunches and don’t take vacations so they think you’re a hard worker and keep you. Kiss the bosses butt and laugh at their jokes and look interested in what their weekend was. Then have that bewildered look when you’re packing up and out the door. You’re not family. And don’t give me that pull yourself up by your bootstraps cr-p. Do your work and go home.

@OP my friends got fired and was told could come back at anytime and has not been offered a job regardless of multiple attempts. Just be warned we talked and this now applies to multiple people. I believe it was just a bunch of fluff fed to us by HR

@ad I think I know exactly who you’re talking about. Getting that kid to give a —— about anything is impossible! If I worked like that they would have me by tail! I think the company is racist

I guess this is true unless your whole fab is shut down lol

@ad it doesn’t matter what area it is. I was new (not saying my area as I am not as brave lol) and after briefly training I was out with people who when I asked how to do something said no one actually knew. So, I had to ask to go to other shifts to do some overtime to learn from other people. I think we should make sure we have at least one veteran employee to train or help anyone new.

@OP IE here. What we all cannot figure out is why they keep moving people around! That kid does not do her job half the night and does not need newbies with her. It’s just going to set an example of hey you don’t have to do the job just fool around all night! What needs to happen is they need someone they can trust that’s been around a while to keep her in check! I am so tired of hearing well oops. Well, I guess I should have. I don’t want to see double of that and that’s what happens their shift leaves and that girl has not done her job and we all have to clean it up. It’s okay she needs help but we cannot keep putting new people with her and let her set this example!

@OP I don’t know why spell check on the iPhone hates the word fab and changes it to fan but you can understand the point of the statement regardless