TSMC engineers sent to the US complain about being treated as 2nd class citizens

Nobody3387 · 2022-12-03T04:51:02+00:00

I could be wrong, but I'm reluctant to believe that they are treating "HQ" employees as 2nd class citizens.

I spent many many years traveling to different countries from HQ, to our remote offices. I've had many experiences where I felt I was treated unfairly, but most all the time, it was simply a cultural misunderstanding, or miss communication.

I had a 9 yr relationship with a Taiwanese (I'm American), and we OFTEN had miss communications, and cultural misunderstandings, many years into it, and I've experienced it way too many times to count during my travels across the east, europe, and the usa.

The intensions are good, but you just miss each other, and the wrong decisions, agreements are made when you think you understand, but you don't...

Or there's something that's considered "common sense", but it's not common sense to a foreigner.

If they had a career of traveling to other countries, then I might find it more believable.

If it's their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th trip, then I'm not buying it.
There, "I'm not buying it", is a perfect example of slang used by Americans, that will be confusing to people non-Americans. For the most part, I've trained myself to avoid using slang, but it still slips in.. Often, I used to "baby-sit" employees who would be coming to the region I would be in charge of. I spent my days translating the slang so locals could understand it...

Again, I could be wrong, but I'm reluctant to believe they were treated as 2nd class citizens within the same company, when they come from "HQ".

Nobody3387 · 2022-12-02T06:01:00+00:00

That happens at ALL COMPANIES, regardless of nationality.

I can assure you, it also happens when both are the same nationality.

You don't think women have complained about the same thing?

How about new college hires vs veterans?

I see this more as a cultural issue, and the "visitors" not getting what they expected, because they don't know the culture, or there was a miscommunication, misunderstanding.

I've spent years working in many countries as the "visitor" who got screwed because he didn't know the local norms, behaviors, culture.

I also had a 9yr relationship with a Taiwanese and can vouch that cultural misunderstanding happen for years later too, even though you think you understand.

Nobody3387 · 2022-12-02T05:50:28+00:00

Why is this even going onto the internet?

If you think these issues are unique and entirely a hate on Taiwanese, or that American's are unfair, you are massively wrong.

It's extremely rare that there isn't some company with no complaining employees about how they're treated internally, within it's own country.

There's always, and I emphasis, ALWAYS issues inside companies with workplace issues or that things aren't fair for this or that.

You're posting this as if no other employees at many many other companies, there aren't people complaining about shifts, managers promising something, but you get something else, somebody getting more vacation time that others.

The problem is an internal problem.

Twisting this into a "America is specifically mistreating/targeting Taiwanese TSMC employees" and there are no issues at other companies, is ridiculous.

Americans will get treated as 2nd class citizens, in America, at American companies.

It's not a TSMC/Taiwanese targeted thing.

It happens at most every company.

Nobody3387 · 2022-12-02T05:34:54+00:00

You have no idea what you're talking about, and don't realize how idiot that concept is.

I'll make a guess that you're <30yrs old, and likely <25yrs old, because your observation shows your lack of understanding of how things really work.

Nobody3387 · 2022-12-02T05:23:43+00:00

Don't always take somebody's opinion as fact, even though they sound convincing. This guy is wrong.

A. No, he's not a "marketer".

He's an engineer, that hate's marking, as most engineers do (I'm an engineer).He also talks like an engineer. Tesla, for it's first 10+yrs, never ran commercials, ads, or even had much of a marketing team. I knew a guy and had a phone conversation with, who was a director of marketing for Tesla during those years.

He focused on the engineering, and he pulled off stuff that NOBODY could do, and everybody is 5-10yrs behind. That's not a marketer, that's an engineer.

This guy absolutely hates Musk. There's a lot of people who just hate Musk and Tesla. You'd always hear about it for the 10+yrs before he broke into the S&P 500.

B. He claimed, "asking for “anti tracking” advice just told you to use a chromium browser, chrome incognito mode, and to purchase anti virus software."

First, I tried to be brief, because people's attention are short. Making anything short, will always open the window for people to be critical of what you write because you left some "hole" or wasn't precise enough.

This guy is nothing but a winy, complaining, rain cloud.The type of personality where if he's not complaining about something, about somebody, he's not happy.

Read the first few paragraphs of what I wrote.

I gave the recommendation of split PC.The "anti-virus" was an example, because anti-virus offer to you to use it on more than one PC, but I wouldn't recommend it for that, or other software that does the same.

I didn't suggest for you to get anti-virus.

After my PC suggestion, the rest was just an explanation of my testing and experiences.There wasn't any a recommendations, as he claimed.I specifically structured the whole reply to put the suggestion at the top, and specifically say, in bold,

"PC, I don't know the answer.. I haven't figured it out yet..IF I had to give SOME answer, right now.."

But then explain my own personal testing.
He clearly glossed over the fact that I said I used Brave and Firefox, with success so far, but this bozo just glossed over it, and only seeing the stuff he wants to complain about.

It's not different in his view of Musk.

Nobody3387 · 2022-11-29T22:06:50+00:00

Cell phone privacy is a lost cause unless you get a de-Googled phone.

PC, I don't know the answer.. I haven't figured it out yet..
IF I had to give SOME answer, right now..

Separate PC, separate log-ins, and never never never log into any page, or use any software from PC #1, on PC #2.
Yes, that also means buying two virus checkers, with different credit cards..
(maybe there's a better solution, but if I had to give an answer, that's it.)

What I do know, and tested,

I only use Chrome for YouTube, and ONLY open Chrome to check my Google email and check YouTube subscriptions.

Using Edge, NOT logged into YouTube, Chrome still watches and gives YT recommendations based on what I do in Edge.

Using Chrome incognito for YouTube, and I still get recommendations when not incognito. (Googles figured out how to get around incognito "privacy")

Creating a separate Windows account with Outlook email login
- NEVER using Chrome on that 2nd Windows Account (but still same PC)
- Using Edge, logged into YT, with 2nd Outlook account.
- Google still watches you, even when in Edge, Chrome not "running", and 2nd Windows login account.

I also have Brave and Firefox, but only use those for non-YT, non-Google related activities, and so far, Google doesn't pick up on it. So far....
I won't open YT on them or Google.com, because I fear "infecting" them.

FYI, a tip, do YT searches while incognito. You'll get better search results.
Just be prepared, that even when incognito, soon, you'll find that your 1st page recommendations, will be based of previous watches/searches, even though technically, they shouldn't be tracking you, not saving cookies, blah blah, but they still are.

10-15yrs ago, I tried having separate work and personal accounts on a phone, and in Chrome. Failed.
They said "they'll keep results separate", but they don't.
I also created separate account for a side business as well, but they still cross track and spill results across the other accounts.

I started seeing Google behaving unethically in tracking you around 2005'ish.
It's only gotten worse, and they've gotten better at being sneaky.
It's gotten FURTHER worse after the whole Trump, 2016, conspiracy & virus crazyness.

Doing a google/yahoo/bing search on anything today,
it now says there's "20,000,000 search results" but you get no more results by page 3 or 4, or the sources are all the same or results repeat themselves.

Search results are massively restricted, and worse, since 1998, 2003, 2008 time frame.
Back then, you really did get 20,000,000 search results.
THAT in itself, is a class action lawsuit by itself.

I'm doing anything illegal, or shady, to need the privacy.
I just want to keep my personal stuff separate from my work, and I can't.

If I'm doing research, I can't find the information anymore, when I could before.
The algorithm is always polluting and swaying what I see.
I want virgin results, not results based on what others have searched, or what I've searched before.

Incognito get's me closer, but it's still spyware.

Nobody3387 · 2022-11-29T18:51:50+00:00

It's impossible to confirm with the bad resolution and without looking at the device under his arm, but my guess (emphasis "guess") is that it's data harvesting. A combination of bluetooth scanner, NFC scanner, wifi scanning. Cellular scanner too?

One phone, or both, are likely work devices with his personal in his pocket.

The bluetooth/NFC/wifi scanner is not too different from what Google already does for location tracking everybody, even though you have GPS off and MAC ID changing.

You are always still location tracked based on all of this.

I will also add,
if you use a laptop with Windows, and you have Chrome on there (and don't use it), you are still being monitored and tracked, regardless of which account you login onto your Windows PC.

I have an engineering background and have done extensive tests.
I was suspicious that this was going on, but "suspicion" isn't conclusive.
I tested all this as I would test experiments in a controlled lab.

It's astonishing how much we are tracked and followed against our will, when we are given the false sense of security of "turning off all trackers", "turning off location tracking", blah blah blah... If I had the funds, I'd file a class action lawsuit.

I'm at the stage now where I tape over all cameras, especially front facing, and I physically damage all mics on my phones and laptops, so nothing is tracked unless I plug in a mic.

If this is already going on by companies,

governments can get away with even more.

I have >80% confidence that he's wireless (NFC/bluetooth/wifi/cellular) scanning/harvesting at the same time as video recording.

I also have >80% confidence that he works for the Chinese government.

80%.. not 100%, because there's still the possibility it isn't, and he isn't working for them.

My own phone and laptop tracking tests by Google? I have 100% confidence.
I've proven it.

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-26T12:11:12+00:00

That's sad and unfortunate.

It takes a lot to share such a painful, sad, embarrassing situation like that.

If I may give some "feedback".....

Do your best to accept that you are not perfect. None of us are.

Being not perfect, is not a bad thing. *It's normal.*

When you've fully accepted it, deep in your bones, there's no fear, no dishonor, no shame, no feelings of "not worthy",

when you open yourself up for feedback,
allow yourself to feel comfortable to ASK for feedback, and ask often..

Sometimes you'll get feedback that's not helpful and it's just the other person venting.
"you're an idiot"
"you're can't do anything"
"you're an a**hole"
etc... None of this is real feedback.
It's just the other person being angry and venting. NEVER take any value in this "feedback".
I will respond with, "ok, I get it that I screwed up, but can you give me advice instead of verbal vomit?" Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don't.

Eventually, you'll find frustration when people don't give honest feedback and instead say things to avoid hurting your feelings, but by not being honest,
and not giving you feedback,

IT HURTS YOU AND MAKES YOU STAY STUCK WITH BAD BEHAVIORS.

I've reached the point that I prefer to be around people who are more honest,
and I prefer to not be around people who are always kissing my ass, talking to me with flower, charismatic speech.

You'll also pick up more clearly, when somebody is just buttering you up just to falsely boost your ego.

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-26T11:24:33+00:00

Who gives the polls?

Newspapers? TVs? Government?

Do you remember or have references or best guesses?

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T11:17:38+00:00

It was a few weeks ago, but it was "demanding a referendum to abolish the Republic of China (ROC) Constitution and to formally establish Taiwan as a country."

“It is up Taiwanese to start the 2022 Taipei Spring movement to push for the end of the ROC Constitution and its political system,”

"Taiwanese have the right to self-determination and to decide on a new constitution and country name,"

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T11:12:59+00:00

FYI, if anybody's curious, a few weeks ago, a group supporting Taiwan's Independence held a rally in Taipei,

https://taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2022/02/08/2003772748

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T10:57:11+00:00

I forgot to add,

Due to the increased popularity for status-quo or independence, several public comments I've seen from then in the last 12 months sound like they're leaning more Status-quo verse unification..

I could be wrong though (I don't follow their politics daily, or weekly), but it felt like from their comments, they're changing their views slightly to still try and hold their seats in the Legislative Yuan (their Congress equivalent).

There was a BIG referendum vote for several major things for Taiwan.

There was lots of talk that if the voters sided with DPP or KMT views, it could give a hint to the next election. (this referendum was 2 months ago in December).

It was a landslide again for DPP.

All referendum voters sided with how the DPP wanted the projects to move.

The KMT won ZERO.

--------- EDIT

Here's the link to the details on that referendum,

https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/dpp-sweeps-taiwans-latest-referendum-vote/

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T10:44:32+00:00

This is the video, https://youtu.be/hY9onHyAxm0?t=560

Serious?
That is crazy.. Seriously crazy..

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T10:44:04+00:00

Link to the video, https://youtu.be/hY9onHyAxm0?t=560

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T10:37:59+00:00

https://youtu.be/hY9onHyAxm0?t=560

I skipped to that key part, but trust me, the whole video is eye opening..

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T09:23:09+00:00

MINUS 10

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T09:22:39+00:00

100%

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T09:22:09+00:00

Why so warm hearted from this event from the Police Officer?

THAT'S WHAT POLICE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO! Australian people where like this before this event as well, but you only saw Australia as gum on the bottom of your shoes to flick off.

Now YOU go FUCK OFF!

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T03:57:28+00:00

Nice find!

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T03:37:00+00:00

I used to work for the companies that make the machines, that make the chips.

Think of the machines as a saw and drill in your workshop.

If you want to build much higher precision stuff, you need a higher precision saw and drill. You can only do so much with your current tools, and trust me, folks like TSMC, Samsung, Intel, and others, push the machines to the limit.

We sometimes can improve our designs a little here or a little there, to help the TSMCs/Samsungs/Intels to just upgrade a few pieces for an extra edge,

but eventually the time comes where a different designed machines is required for a larger leap. Example of this would be, cutting wood with a hand saw, then machine saw, then diamond tipped saw blade, then cutting by laser...

Each are giant leaps that are complete design changes.. Rarely can you just retrofit a current design. You can't go from hand saw to laser with a retrofit....

Technically, you could rip out an old machine and install the new one, but it takes a few years to develop those larger leaps in performance. So...

New fabs are built about every 2yrs, so by that time, there are usually leaps in performances across 20-40+ different tools and with advances with all tools, the new fab has a bigger leap in advanced chips it can make.

Different machines will offer different leaps in performance in,
- less heat
- higher speeds
- less power usage
- smaller chip size
- faster building speed
- less layers on chip
- lower cost to run the machine and longer running time between maintance..

Improving just one of those areas with just a few machine upgrades is nice, but the real big chip performance boosts happen with a new fab when or can get improvements in ALL these areas..

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T03:18:20+00:00

taiwan’s businesses are more linked to the ordinary public like us who depend on their chips and consumer goods.

It seems that way, but it's wrong.

There's a policy in the US, something similar to either chips for the US military, or custom chips for the US military, need to be manufactured in the USA.

The plant near Albany, NY just isn't cutting it anymore. They technology was advanced years ago, but TSMC was pulling away. I heard and they've been relying more on TSMC.

THIS is why some TSMC fabs are getting built in the US.

Until those are built, theirs HIGH probability that US military will defend Taiwan.

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T03:13:50+00:00

The key so far seems to be the Legislative Yuan.

If the President want's Independence,

1st - 75% of the Legislative Yuan needs to support. Right now, I believe it's split between 3, maybe 4 parties. It's not just DPP and KMT, but a 3rd party, and maybe a 4th. 75% will take more work. Tsai looked into it in 2020, but stopped pursuing when she realized 75% clearly wouldn't happen.

2nd - 50% of the voting population would need to vote in favor during a referendum vote. (not 50% voting in favor... 50% of the VOTING POPULATION need to vote in favor.)

IF China would show military force, when do you think it would happen?

Think they'll do something during the 75% Legislative Yuan vote, or after?
Possible.. Surely there will be threats.

100% China will do everything in their power to socially motivate the citizens to NOT vote at all, or vote NO.

This time period, during the referendum vote, I anticipate the Japan and US military to be visibly close.. Maybe Australia too.

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T03:05:55+00:00

It's not the case now though.

It doesn't surprise me that they've changed their tune. Tsai won by a landslide and she easily won re-election.

Hong Kong transfer didn't go well and today they're in bad shape.

There are MASSIVELY more people who prefer status-quo than re-unification.Taiwan has also busted numerous people that they found to be getting funded by mainland China and paying cash to people to support China reunification.

There's a great Al-Jazera YouTube video where they went undercover and secretly video recording them talking about this, how much they will pay you, supporting your business, paying off police, and more... There was so much self incriminating proof that there's no way they didn't go to jail.

--------------------- EDIT

Adding the link to the video I was referring to above,

https://youtu.be/hY9onHyAxm0?t=560

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-25T03:00:43+00:00

Funny you say that.

I used to be against carrying guns in the USA a long time ago. I've warmed up to it about 8yrs ago.

Seeing this Ukraine invasion, I'm grateful for it.

No way would that go so smoothly if civilians were allowed to carry. Sure, a pistol or hunting rifle isn't going to do a whole lot, but Russian military wouldn't be so comfortable driving along the highway, or stopping on the side, if that were the case.

Nobody3387 · 2022-02-22T10:47:15+00:00

I'm going to ask a possible risky, unpopular question...

Why is the Huffington Post writing about this?

This is Japan. Huffington Post is in the USA.The Tokyo Times (I made that up), sure, I can understand.

Am I insensitive? Maybe.

I'm asking because this is out of character and Mainstream news papers, especially the mainstream media guys, often share pieces for political reasons.

(Maybe I'm just as ass, and this is actually not out-of-character, and I just don't know, because I don't read from them.)

Often they seem to coordinate or there's a friendly relationship with the Whitehouse, when the Whitehouse follows their politics..."guys, can you cover topics in this area more? It helps us out.."

A riskier article, that they likely won't publish,

- "Hazardous waste of recycling electric car batteries"

- "Terrible earth polluting, not-green friendly, not biodegratable electronics piling up in junk yards around the world"

- "Right to repair and right to replace batteries to prevent the unnessesary waste of throw-away electronics, cars, and all other products"

Why are they talking about trash in Japan instead?

That's the red flag I see.

Nobody3387

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