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TSMC managers think Americans don't work hard enough
It’s be nice to read but is behind a paywall.foregoneconclusion said:
Gong! You're incorrect. The United States is the second worst in the world!chadbag said:
This is immaterial. It only shows the difference in political systems. Meaning the time is mandated in some countries, while in the US it is a company/employee issue. Many (I’d say most, with some industries that excluded, and not including part time it low pay service industries (fast food etc)) companies offer reasonably good holiday and vacation policies.foregoneconclusion said:Total federally mandated paid leave for workers based on 5 day work week: Taiwan = 22-42 days, United States = 0.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_by_country
https://fortune.com/2022/12/05/america-ranks-second-worst-countries-paid-vacation-days-behind-micronesia/I’m not incorrect. I said there were exceptions. Some industries (railroads) for example) have different rules which pull things down and low grade service like fast food (non managerial part time) and similar probably also doesn’t offer and part time work may also not. I’ve yet to see a normal full time skilled or semi skilled job (again there are exceptions some of which I’ve listed) that didn’t offer reasonable vacation time. I couldn’t read the article but I’m pretty sure their lumping in part time, low grade service like fast food, and other stuff in that brings the whole number down and doesn’t reflect reality for standard full time skilled and semi skilled workers.Heck my son, who works part time as a package handler at UPS, gets holidays and some vacation time.I’m talking about the reality. I’ve never in my 40+ year work life not have holidays and reasonable vacation time. Neither has the wife (different field) and all
of my friends and family that I am aware if. All my neighbors as well that I know of, based on conversations.
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TSMC managers think Americans don't work hard enough
Back in the early 90s I worked at DEC in Germany for a year and a half. I was amazed that anything got done. We had about 45 days off plus the mandated holidays (Christmas, Mary Ascension Day, May Day. That sort of thing). And all system upgrades had to happen during regular work hours — not overnight or weekends. So much time away (I was Not complaining) and restrictive work rules made it difficult to schedule facility wide or group wide upgrades etc. and we had to request our “major” days off for the year in Feb so that the managers could schedule everyone’s days off around company plans /needs. I found it very stressful myself.And why it was about 45 days— we had 30 days vacation plus worked a 40 hour week but the actual work week for us at the time was 37.5 hours so they comped us the 2.5 hours a week up front. (Later they made these comp hours a little more restrictive but I was getting ready to leave the company and country at the time of that change).
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TSMC managers think Americans don't work hard enough
This is immaterial. It only shows the difference in political systems. Meaning the time is mandated in some countries, while in the US it is a company/employee issue. Many (I’d say most, with some industries that excluded, and not including part time it low pay service industries (fast food etc)) companies offer reasonably good holiday and vacation policies.foregoneconclusion said:Total federally mandated paid leave for workers based on 5 day work week: Taiwan = 22-42 days, United States = 0.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_by_countryAs an example, the US company I work for offers 11, I think, paid holidays plus a number of vacation days based on how long you’ve been there. For example at 6 1/2 years I had 18 days iirc. At a certain grade level they just changed it so there is no official counted or tracked vacation, but an “unlimited time off” policy where you just work it out with your manager. My manager OKs up to 20 days a year without issue and more than that depending on your need and company needs at the moment. So you can be off more if your manager allows it (and managers at this company are sensitive to employees needs so don’t refuse out of hand or anything but usually try and make it happen ). None of this is mandated by law but almost every company I’ve worked for since the mid 80s has been similar (SW industry). My wife, an RN gets 11-12 holidays plus about 30 days of “paid time off”. This includes minor sick days (major sicknesses fall into short term disability which is a different program that their hospital offers at no charge)
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TSMC managers think Americans don't work hard enough
For as fat and lazy as Americans have become, the adjusted per capital GDP (based on PPP - purchasing power parity) in the US is still higher than in Taiwan.And that is including all the fat and lazy ones. Which the TMSC managers don’t believe exist in Taiwan.
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Goldman Sachs move casts shadow over Apple Savings accounts
None of those things you mentioned has anything to do with it being a Mastercard. They are services offered by the issuing/serving bank. Not every credit card I have does balance transfers or allows expert of data to Quicken.lkrupp said:Apple should dump Goldman Sachs and let the Apple Card develop into a real credit card. It gets tiring telling users on the Apple Discussion Forums, “No, you can’t do that with the Apple Card. No, the Apple Card doesn’t work with financial software like Quicken. No, you can’t transfer balances with the Apple Card.” It’s a Mastercard, dammit, why not?What is one actual credit card thing you can’t do with Apple Card that Mastercard supports and offers — not dependent on the issuing/servicing bank.
