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minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-24 days agoThe factory TSMC opened in the USA was mostly staffed with workers from Taiwan, because Americans won’t work 996. It also only makes dies (the functional part of the IC), that still have to be exported to Taiwan for packaging.
minus-squareJustinAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoDo they have 996 in Taiwan? I thought that was just the PRC?
minus-squarenonfuinoncuro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·4 days agoall of asia works stupid long hours https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoshi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_hours_in_South_Korea
minus-squarepycorax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·4 days agoJapan, Korea, Taiwan and China are not all of Asia. All of East Asia perhaps.
minus-squarenonfuinoncuro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agocorrect that’s what I meant to say thank you
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoIndia does too. Not sure about the rest of Asia.
minus-squareJustinAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoThat’s true. Working hours in Hong Kong seemed crazy too pre-CCP-coup. But yeah I think the term 996 originated from the PRC, I’m not aware of it being used in Taiwan, but I only have a few friends there.
minus-squareJustinAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/996_working_hour_system
The factory TSMC opened in the USA was mostly staffed with workers from Taiwan, because Americans won’t work 996.
It also only makes dies (the functional part of the IC), that still have to be exported to Taiwan for packaging.
Do they have 996 in Taiwan? I thought that was just the PRC?
all of asia works stupid long hours
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoshi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_hours_in_South_Korea
Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China are not all of Asia. All of East Asia perhaps.
correct that’s what I meant to say thank you
India does too. Not sure about the rest of Asia.
That’s true. Working hours in Hong Kong seemed crazy too pre-CCP-coup. But yeah I think the term 996 originated from the PRC, I’m not aware of it being used in Taiwan, but I only have a few friends there.
996? PRC?
You mean 007?
What’s 996?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/996_working_hour_system