Thread regarding Silicon Laboratories Inc. layoffs

Welcome to TI

Now that you have been acquired by Texas Instruments, allow me to foreshadow what’s in store based on how the Lehi acquisition went.

66% of you are getting laid off. No one is safe. Start looking NOW!

Your leadership will tell you how great TI is. How we do not do layoffs and have great profit sharing of 20%. This is a LIE. We have quarterly layoffs and profit sharing has been severely curtailed for 2026.

Older employees will be “managed out“ to avoid illegal age discrimination. Document everything! Save every email! Do not sign any forms without consulting a labor lawyer! HR IS YOUR ENEMY!

You will be encouraged to bust your butt during the transition. Don’t. You are probably going to lose your job. Spend that energy finding a new one.

#Acquisition #Layoffs #Integration #Ageism #Legal
by Anonymous
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Comment! It's anonymous!

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Silabs leadership has been thinking about selling for a long time. This is verbatim from the latest SEC filing:

In order to assist the Board and Silicon Labs’ management in the evaluation of these potential opportunities, Silicon Labs has engaged Qatalyst Partners LP (“Qatalyst Partners”) as its financial advisor from time to time, including in the last several years. Most recently, on September 5, 2023, Silicon Labs entered into an engagement letter with Qatalyst Partners in relation to Silicon Labs’ consideration of strategic alternatives, which expired by its terms on September 5, 2024.

Qatalyst is an investment firm that specializes in selling companies. Strategic alternatives is the code word for "we are open for deals". The leadership telling us "we are winning and competitors are terrified" is a direct contradiction.

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The incompetent management team that came from Freescale and NXP ruined the culture. All they wanted to do is to sell off the valuable Timing and Power business so they can find some su---r to buy the IP. All India people will remain and they will cut all others. It was once a proud and respectable business. Sorry to see it go.

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Wise words, hopefully people will take note. This is not paranoia, just facts. > 45yrs, well compensated in Si-labs, chances of survival < 30% for 2yrs, 0% for 5yrs. Good luck all Si-labs folks.

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@g5 Yes to both

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Is TI offshoring engineering jobs to Bangalore? Is TI so bad with layoffs?

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