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Different Work Culture Makes TSMC Difficult to Start Production at Arizona Plant

If you follow the development of the global semiconductor industry, you will know that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is one of the semiconductor chip manufacturing companies that expanded their production to the United States and the European region.TSMC has already completed building their 5nm chip production plant in Arizona, but now has issues with their workforce, where many local workers are not satisfied with the work treatment provided by their Taiwanese employers.Among the dissatisfaction expressed include 12-hour working hours on weekdays, and the compulsion to go to work to solve any emergency even on the weekend. The ridicule received from Taiwanese managers also caused workers in the United States to quit their jobs even though TSMC is a giant in the semiconductor chip development industry.It was also reported that half of the 2,200 workforce at the Arizona plant was brought in from Taiwan, and TSMC is now seen as desperate to reduce that number, especially as the plant, when it operates at full capacity, will have 6,600 employees. .This is an issue for TSMC in particular because of the existing high investment, amounting to $65 billion (~RM29 billion), and the addition of workers from Taiwan means that they have to bring in labor that is already difficult to find in their own country.TSMC is also aware of the importance of building a local workforce, and has reportedly begun collaborating with higher education institutions in the United States to build infrastructure such as clean rooms and other programs to ensure that TSMC in the United States can be developed sustainably.As reported, TSMC is expected to begin production of semiconductor chips built using the N5 (5nm) process around 2025.