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Nor even terribly unusual--even in US manufacturing. Longer than 8 hour shifts is simply a matter of scheduling--you then wind up doing things like 4 days on/3
by bsder 5y ago
Nor even terribly unusual--even in US manufacturing. Longer than 8 hour shifts is simply a matter of scheduling--you then wind up doing things like 4 days on/3 days off.
However, when you pass 40 hours, you owe people overtime in the US. I imagine that TSMC isn't particular stringent about documenting that in Taiwan.
- throwaway2037 5y agoYou wrote: <<However, when you pass 40 hours, you owe people overtime in the US.>> In the United States, this is not true for the _vast_ majority of salaried knowledge workers. Do you have a source... or is this just a guess? We are not talking about people working in logistics -- driving trucks, working at a warehouse. They will be hourly wage workers and have overtime.
- madengr 5y ago
- PKop 5y agoIt might be unusual if these Taiwanese 12-hour shifts don't actually come with 3 days off, and are just in addition to "regular" hours, 5-day work week.
- bsder 5y agoThe vast majority of factory workers are not salaried, last I checked. However, even salaried workers in the US are nominally required to be compensated for extra hours. It's not quite as straightforward, but you can't simply expect 60 hours per week from every salaried worker--that will likely land you in trouble with the Feds. The main difference is that "exempt" workers generally don't care to avail themselves of various enforcement options. They just leave and get a different job.