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itakeyesterday at 11:23 PM1 replyview on HN

That is not what I heard from my cousin at TSMC. The OT gives the workers a “living wage”. Most of his coworkers charge OT every week of the year.

He admitted, even with their OT and bonuses, he probably makes more than them w2 salaries.

But my point still remains: if they want US (or TW) folks to work more hours, they need to pay for those hours.


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j_waltertoday at 12:27 AM

https://www.reddit.com/r/Semiconductors/comments/18x5vr5/sem...

This reddit post captures what I've seen at TSMC in Taiwan. $120K is normal pay at the director level...engineers make $2500-5000 a month. TSMC AZ starting pay for a new college grad w/ BS is probably just under $100K/year with just salary, with the potential to make over $120K within a few years with full vested bonuses.

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