An alleged TSMC employee shared her experience working at the company on an online discussion forum in Taiwan. TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, is at the heart of Taiwan's economy and even the region's politics. The company has several manufacturing plants, research centers and offices on the island. However, today's post, which gave no details of where the anonymous worker works, revealed she was facing bullying from older colleagues - some of whom even acted like "hooligans" and physically bullied younger colleagues.
TSMC workers routinely "slap young people on the head" and engage in other forms of bullying, the report said.
This detail was revealed by United Daily News (UDN) and was first published on the chat board DCard. As the original poster is anonymous and other details have been redacted, the authenticity of the message could not be verified. However, responses from other DCard users suggest that this is not an isolated issue at TSMC, as some have seen similar behavior at other companies.
According to the details, the anonymous employee has been with the company for 6 months. During this time, her work caused her anxiety, especially due to the behavior of her supervisor. The employee alleges that her supervisor not only did not follow company policy by arriving late, leaving early, and driving out during work hours, but also made her work hard by having to explain all of her mistakes when she completed tasks quickly, or if She finished very slowly and immediately reported the reason for the delay to her supervisor.
The employee also couldn't find any solution to the problem because, according to her, the executive was well regarded within the company.
According to her, senior colleagues often hit juniors on the head, push them around or use harsh tones. On one occasion, she felt compelled to tell them about the behavior, but she didn't because she feared their tone would be harsher next time. She likens the mentality of these old people to hooligans.
This behavior prevents the employee from concentrating on her work. She thought her colleagues would talk about her without limit, and she was afraid of making any mistakes at work because of her supervisor's behavior. The behavior took a toll on her mental health and she had to worry about "complex relationships" at work. She is also afraid to spend money, because she is afraid that she will lose her job at any time.
In this regard, readers expressed sympathy for the original poster and told her that this kind of behavior is actually very common in other companies. They add that working in a clean room is especially complicated (it's not clear if the original poster also works in a clean room) because employees aren't allowed to take pictures or video - which leaves the bully free to do what they want.
Another commenter pointed out that a senior worker at TSMC's Nanke factory shared that he would also speak harshly to juniors, and even senior engineers would not interrupt him. A reader suggested that she should report this behavior to the Tech Authority. Other suggestions include fighting back against the senior with force, so that at least the problem can be communicated to management and a group can be formed to deal with it collectively.
