I can see why something as capital intensive as semiconductors would need shifts, to use equipment as close to 24/7 as possible. But many other aspects of the w

I can see why something as capital intensive as semiconductors would need shifts, to use equipment as close to 24/7 as possible. But many other aspects of the working conditions are pretty bad, and not justified by the pay nor efficiency gains, I'd think. The enthusiasm that TSMC seems to think employees should have for their employer (in this and other articles) is off-putting, though explicable for a firm that is a standard-bearer for Taiwan, and at least in part a national project with symbolic significance there.