Those perfidious Asiatics, offering competitive salaries to experienced engineers! Very anti-competitive. I know what we should do - we can quadruple down on harassing researchers and professionals with Chinese origins. Heck, anyone vaguely Asian will do.

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I found this line very funny:

State funding for Chinese companies enables them to offer salaries beyond what Western companies can pay.

Source?

it-is-known

ASML made €8 billion in net income in 2023. TSMC, $30 billion (not Western, but mentioned in the same breath). I'm sure they could scrounge a few coins from under the couch cushions to match salaries if they wanted to.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago

But if they offered higher salaries, how would shareholders afford to buy their third yacht?

[–] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

So true, but also y’all did the Chips Act and some of the most heavy handed protectionism seen this century. The fuck you talking about