TSMC Arizona fab delivers 4% more yield than comparable facilities in Taiwan
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They discuss the culture clash between Taiwanese managers brought in to oversee rampup of the US fab vs. local hires - with different expectations in working hours / availability, role flexibility and tolerance of mistakes - to the point where some of the latter are quitting with allegations of workplace abuse.
I'm curious if either of those have already been discussed on HN, and whether anyone here worked there and have shared their views.
I'm really curious whether cultures seen as having a more "hardcore" work ethic (be it other countries, or startups and certain corporations like SpaceX within our own) correlate with more successful results, and whether the 4% result in this article counters that idea.
One thing is non-controversial though, work life balance is just not a thing for for engineers or engineering managers in Taiwan. or most other places.
It goes both ways. I am a non-asian manager but my asian employees don't seem to say no to unreasonable request. I've actually had to talk to some of the younger employees about burnout.
I don't understand why it is okay for anyone .. employees or managers to be tortured.
And in Asia, there are too many people ‘to worry’ about burning just one of them out.
Have you seen burnout arise solely from "too many hours worked", or has it tended to be coupled with other factors (like lack of control / agency, goalposts that keep moving such that they never get achieved, coworker disagreements, toxic office politics).