More than 20 employees
complain
More than 50 coppers were called to the Hsinchu Science Park
as 20 former TSMC workers complained about the way the company handled their
firings.
The 20 wanted the Science Park administration to act as a go
between for them. They are miffed that the chip maker made them sign a
document certifying that they left TSMC, the world's largest contract chip
manufacturer, voluntarily.
This meant that TSMC they could not be
compensated based on retirement or preferential severance terms. They
are fuming that TSMC told the world that their redundancies as a company
policy to "eliminate the less competent and retain able employees" and
demanded that they be given preference if TSMC increases its work force in
the future.
TSMC management said the former TSMC employees could contact
the company directly if they had any requests.