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Re:TSMC Gets $11.6B in US Grants, Loans for Three Chip Fabs by glimshe on Monday April 08, 2024 @08:37AM (#39969070)
It's already difficult to fire people in large businesses, but firing people from government is in a whole different level. Especially for performance unless we're talking about extreme underperformance or job abandonment.
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Re:TSMC Gets $11.6B in US Grants, Loans for Three Chip Fabs by afavour on Monday April 08, 2024 @08:53AM (#39969203)
What I’m saying is that a publicly owned company has a lot of flexibility in this regard. Employees are not government employees. It’s like a regular private company except the government is the sole shareholder.

My broader point here about self fulfilling prophecy is reflected in your comment: it has been this way, therefore must always be this way. That’s not true.

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