Haha, I'm surprised no one brought this up: In Taiwan, there are Micron Taichung and Micron Taoyuan. In the past days, It is a hot topic that the executives of Micron Taichung betrayed the 10 thounsand members and sneakily signed the agreement, including a term to forbid any more strike in the next 3 years.
Headline: Micron line workers' annual pay could reach NT$2 million! Netizens envious: "Join Micron, let your life shine"
Image caption: Micron Taiwan recently signed a labor agreement with the Taichung union. (File photo)
Micron has reached a consensus with its Taichung union. According to an earlier explanation from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, over 80% of employees will receive raises of nearly 2.7 times, with production-line workers going from NT$630,000 to over NT$2 million. Because the adjusted annual salaries are so generous, it has sparked heated discussion among netizens, who exclaimed "Join Micron, let your life shine," while one person said, "One year's pay working on the production line is worth at least three years of mine."
The Ministry of Economic Affairs explained that Micron's published plan shows three major outcomes: First, over 80% of staff get raises of nearly 2.7 times — production-line workers rise from NT$630,000 to over NT$2 million; junior engineers from NT$1.45 million to NT$4 million; and mid-to-senior engineers from over NT$2 million to NT$6 million. Second, the union also secured an increase in the employer's labor pension contribution to 10%, better than the industry norm. Third, for frontline production-line shift workers, the day-shift allowance will triple, from NT$1,500 to NT$4,500.
The raise plan has made many netizens envious. Comments on social media included: "Join Micron, let your life shine," "Get a master's in EE/CS from NTU, Tsing Hua, or Chiao Tung and join Micron — you'll be making NT$3 million+ by your second year," and one person exclaimed, "The world is turning into something I don't recognize. Cars will fly, Micron line workers could make NT$2 million a year next year — what's impossible now?"
Others lamented: "Sorry, turns out I'm the one dragging down Taiwan's average salary," and "One year's pay on the production line is worth at least three years of mine." Someone else said: "Doctors' incomes are about to lose to Micron line workers. There's no entry barrier this time — will doctors switch careers en masse?"
If there’s really little barrier to entry to a job and a high pay, you have very little leverage as the job holder, if your bosses don’t like you there’s a hoard to replace you. It’s not a position I would envy.
Taiwan is a very wealthy country with very high housing prices. $2m NTD is not a "bad" wage for a factory worker but it isn't anywhere near "high pay", especially when you see the nature of the work and demands.
On the other hand, I miss being able to afford computers, consoles and other electronic devices that have RAM and/or other forms of storage in them.
On the third hand, I'm not sure the second thing is likely to ever be a thing again in my lifetime unless there is a rather severe economic crash preceding it, which is, you know, also not great.
kids have more fun with a SNES than they do with a PS5. office runs fine on 2010 era thinkpads. I get by with the cheapest possible nokia. a perceived need for modern tech conveniences is artificially engineered to program consumption behaviour into the uneducated or unwilling. I presume you fall into the latter camp and have your reasons, I don't believe such a decision could accurately be extrapolated to society at large.
Haha, I'm surprised no one brought this up: In Taiwan, there are Micron Taichung and Micron Taoyuan. In the past days, It is a hot topic that the executives of Micron Taichung betrayed the 10 thounsand members and sneakily signed the agreement, including a term to forbid any more strike in the next 3 years.
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I'm not a Micron employee nor in chip industry.
FYI: NT$2M = $61,478 USD.
Translated to English by Fable 5.1:
Headline: Micron line workers' annual pay could reach NT$2 million! Netizens envious: "Join Micron, let your life shine"
Image caption: Micron Taiwan recently signed a labor agreement with the Taichung union. (File photo)
Micron has reached a consensus with its Taichung union. According to an earlier explanation from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, over 80% of employees will receive raises of nearly 2.7 times, with production-line workers going from NT$630,000 to over NT$2 million. Because the adjusted annual salaries are so generous, it has sparked heated discussion among netizens, who exclaimed "Join Micron, let your life shine," while one person said, "One year's pay working on the production line is worth at least three years of mine."
The Ministry of Economic Affairs explained that Micron's published plan shows three major outcomes: First, over 80% of staff get raises of nearly 2.7 times — production-line workers rise from NT$630,000 to over NT$2 million; junior engineers from NT$1.45 million to NT$4 million; and mid-to-senior engineers from over NT$2 million to NT$6 million. Second, the union also secured an increase in the employer's labor pension contribution to 10%, better than the industry norm. Third, for frontline production-line shift workers, the day-shift allowance will triple, from NT$1,500 to NT$4,500.
The raise plan has made many netizens envious. Comments on social media included: "Join Micron, let your life shine," "Get a master's in EE/CS from NTU, Tsing Hua, or Chiao Tung and join Micron — you'll be making NT$3 million+ by your second year," and one person exclaimed, "The world is turning into something I don't recognize. Cars will fly, Micron line workers could make NT$2 million a year next year — what's impossible now?"
Others lamented: "Sorry, turns out I'm the one dragging down Taiwan's average salary," and "One year's pay on the production line is worth at least three years of mine." Someone else said: "Doctors' incomes are about to lose to Micron line workers. There's no entry barrier this time — will doctors switch careers en masse?"
If there’s really little barrier to entry to a job and a high pay, you have very little leverage as the job holder, if your bosses don’t like you there’s a hoard to replace you. It’s not a position I would envy.
Taiwan is a very wealthy country with very high housing prices. $2m NTD is not a "bad" wage for a factory worker but it isn't anywhere near "high pay", especially when you see the nature of the work and demands.
Would love an English translation that makes sense.
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Can definitely afford it.
I’m sure it will drive up wages for all Taiwanese semiconductor companies including companies like UMC that do critical work but are not as glamorous
On one hand, I am legitimately happy for them.
On the other hand, I miss being able to afford computers, consoles and other electronic devices that have RAM and/or other forms of storage in them.
On the third hand, I'm not sure the second thing is likely to ever be a thing again in my lifetime unless there is a rather severe economic crash preceding it, which is, you know, also not great.
kids have more fun with a SNES than they do with a PS5. office runs fine on 2010 era thinkpads. I get by with the cheapest possible nokia. a perceived need for modern tech conveniences is artificially engineered to program consumption behaviour into the uneducated or unwilling. I presume you fall into the latter camp and have your reasons, I don't believe such a decision could accurately be extrapolated to society at large.
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