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TSMC Arizona struggles to overcome vast differences between Taiwanese and US work culture (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This seems like the critical parts:

One big problem is that TSMC has been trying to do things the Taiwanese way, even in the U.S. In Taiwan, TSMC is known for extremely rigorous working conditions, including 12-hour work days that extend into the weekends and calling employees into work in the middle of the night for emergencies. TSMC managers in Taiwan are also known to use harsh treatment and threaten workers with being fired for relatively minor failures.

...and ...

If TSMC is going to succeed with its Arizona chip-making venture, it needs to come to terms with the fact that it’s not the only game in town there. While TSMC is considered by many in Taiwan as the pinnacle of engineering jobs, other companies in Arizona are competing for that labor pool. Intel, in particular, is expanding its Arizona chip factory.

So TSMC wants to abuse workers ...and there's another local alternative employer in the exact same specialty field that won't do that.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

TSMC has been sending U.S. employees to Taiwan to observe the Taiwanese way

Why? They aren't working in Taiwan, regardless of where the company is from. Sounds a lot more like stereotypical arrogance from upper management, and they're getting a wakeup call that Americans won't put up with it.

Hell, I've walked out of jobs because a manager thought it was OK to yell at me... Yea, fuck you, good luck finding a replacement. Also, grow the fuck up.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nah tsmc has a reputation for a reason and their foundries processes are top of the line peak semiconductor manufacturing...literally no one is up to par with tsmc...it has nothing to do with arrogance and everything to do with tsmc being the best at what they do.

To clarify they produce higher quality products in larger quantities than anyone else on earth and even the semiconductor manufacturer I work for uses tsmc for manufacturing of certain ICs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Who thought this would be fine? Did they look at Elon and Amazon and just think they could pull that shit too?