It's pretty standard in Europe semi/HW sector as it's no SV, so there's no massive cluster where people can quickly find alternate employment at a competitor ac

It's pretty standard in Europe semi/HW sector as it's no SV, so there's no massive cluster where people can quickly find alternate employment at a competitor across the road if they get mistreated by an employer. In the EU semi space, changing jobs, often means changing country, which implies a lot of friction many people can't or don't want to deal with.