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| TSMC delays opening of Arizona plant. |
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| schmitt trigger:
Due to a shortage of skilled workers. That is what happens when a country outsources wholesale an industry. The old skilled workers who had the knowledge retire, and there are no younger generations to “carry the flag”. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66264392 |
| dobsonr741:
BBC missed to end of the sentence: “at the level of compensation the board approved” |
| ataradov:
Even if we did not outsource anything, there would not be skilled workers just sitting there waiting for a new fab to open to apply their skills. With something like this you have two options. Either hire away from exiting fabs or hire fresh people and train them. Either way, it costs money. |
| schmitt trigger:
--- Quote from: ataradov on July 21, 2023, 04:42:38 pm ---…With something like this you have two options. Either hire away from exiting fabs or hire fresh people and train them… --- End quote --- That is exactly my point, which perhaps I didn’t make it clear enough. The country has to have an ecosystem where to draw this talent from. |
| ataradov:
There are lots of operating fabs in the US that are doing fine hiring people. There is just not enough free floating people to staff an entirely new fab on demand. This was never the case. TSMC just need to pay over what people already make to switch jobs, and they will have all the people they want. They are just not going to do that. This is true for any business. Even staffing a new McDonalds is not as easy as it sounds. |
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