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The world's largest chipmaker promised to create thousands of US jobs. There are growing tensions over whether US workers have the skills or work ethic to do them. (www.businessinsider.com)
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The world's largest chipmaker promised to create thousands of US jobs. There are growing tensions over whether US workers have the skills or work ethic to do them.::Jobs at the TSMC semiconductor factory in Arizona could require long hours and total obedience. Americans may push back on the company's culture.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah didn't you know every Asian country are developing countries fueled simply by American off shoring for lower wages?

I feel the competency issue is also something to just dismiss, Taiwan has large domestic workforce that's been involved in high end chip making for many years, it's natural you wouldn't find the same level of expertise (on a large scale) that you would have in taiwan

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I completely agree that Taiwan has had decades of shaping a consistent workforce capable of working within cutting edge chip foundries, while the US hasn't really, outside of Intel's foundries which are quite behind TSMC.

I feel the simple solution is for the US government to subsidize an intern/training program where Taiwanese engineers and line workers train US counterparts. I suggest the US subsidize it because our government is the main reason TSMC is even building foundries here to begin with (the DoD correctly views our reliance on TSMC as a critical national security issue due to open hostilities from China threatening Taiwan's independence).