Posted on 08/13/2024 9:11:53 PM PDT by anthropocene_x
TSMC's struggles vis-a-vis its flagship American chip fabrication unit in Arizona are common knowledge by now, reinforced by a steady trickle of leaks and expert commentary over the past few months. Two factors purportedly lie at the heart of the Arizona fab's inability to takeoff: a difference in the American and Taiwanese work culture and TSMC's proclivity to skimp on wages.
TSMC has realized that Taiwan's workaholic culture is not applicable in the US, at least without hefty modifications to create a more balanced work-life equation. After all, the company has scaled back on meetings and tried to reduce the workload of its American employees.
At the heart of TSMC's struggles, however, is the fact that it is trying to attract and retain the top 1 percent talent in the country with wages that lie somewhere in the top 20 percent. This is an unsustainable paradigm, especially as the chip manufacturer is directly competing with prized startups, hedge funds, and investment banks to attract this talent.
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Mutt Mongrel Murricans are not as smart as Taiwanese and do not work as hard, either. They worship the negro, talk back, are aggressively individualistic/selfish and are entitled for no real, valid reason. Not good, docile workers like Asians.
>> They worship the negro, talk back, are aggressively individualistic/selfish and are entitled for no real, valid reason. Not good, docile workers like Asians.
Okay, I confess I LOL’d at that graphic description.
But there’s nothing in between entitled American Mutts and docile Asians? It’s that polarized? Nah.
Gentlemen, I give to you the effete, high-strung European!
Regards,
You’re quite insane.
It's culture shock, but if the pay is enough, American workers can get used to anything. Taiwan's traditional culture shouldn't be imposed all at once, though. Step one: create a 100% DEI-free economic zone protected from socialist government interference and lawfare shakedowns, like it is in Taiwan.
“Gentlemen, I give to you the effete, high-strung European!”
Hi! (wave)
Also with a bit of “docile” Asian there, somewhere.
There is a steady but not high volume “brain drain” of Europeans to the US. If I weren’t very retired I would look into TSMC. But that would be a third career for me (or maybe fifth or sixth). Nobody in the house wants to move to Arizona either. The polling was very bad on that.
This doesn't make sense to me. Wouldn't the top talent TSMC needs, for the most part, be different talent than the top talent needed by startups, hedge funds, and investment banks? SOME of the management and accounting, etc., would overlap, but, there's a lot more to it than that.
These days (and even 20 years ago), job descriptions are really specialized out there...
It IS true Intel already has well established recruiting through US universities.
Good. We don’t want you either.
“Good. We don’t want you either.”
Been there, done that. You can thank me at your convenience.
If you were to dig deeper I’ll bet white males are being passed over because of DEI.
Given TSM's different culture (Taiwanese workaholism), they will, in the end, probably have to train their own...and this takes time.
To address these issues, TSMC has begun working with local colleges and universities to expand engineering programs and create a pipeline of future talent. They are also offering apprenticeships and internships to familiarize students with the semiconductor industry and its demanding work culture.
Which is probably why the Arizona plants are taking so much time to bring on line.
TSMC is really just an extreme example of the benchmark culture which has infected the country. “We hire the best but we pay the midpoint” seems to be the new mantra. If you want the top 1%, your compensation targets need to hit closer to the 90th percentile. Admittedly you will still have to carefully screen in the hiring process, but you have a better chance of attracting the workforce you seek.
“Mutt Mongrel Murricans are not as smart as Taiwanese and do not work as hard, either. They worship the negro, talk back, are aggressively individualistic/selfish and are entitled for no real, valid reason.”
Quite true and we can attribute most of those characteristics to our ‘educational’ system, where we let the Leftists take control. Asia, of course, never let that happen. Unions didn’t help either, to say the least.
My understanding is that TSMC has already given up on producing their top-of-the-line chips in the US, and are now just trying to produce second-tier chips, and they still have their hands full here.
Shifted workdays, vacation flexibility and child driven absentee issues are new to Taiwan business culture but central to AZ flexibility.
between you and I, think the answer is somewhere between the two
All those jobs exist in Silicon Valley people are happy to do them the company is doing on the cheap it’s their own fault
You are correct on this. Another issue or factor in this is that TSMC is in Arizona. Tech companies move here to pay much lower wages than California or Oregon. I work in this industry, and see it first hand. There are other hiring practices going on, and seeing highly educated white people in these roles is beyond rare.
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