Must have been too many labor union, red tape, and environmental strings attached to that chips act money.

I haven't seen the data in a while but last thing I saw was that very little has actually been done with the CHIP Acts money which should not surprise anyone in the least.

The CHIPS Act was one of the few pieces of legislation we've had in recent memory that I was on board with simply because it's a critical national security concern.

However, I'm under no illusion that it was spent efficiently and I will assume it won't result in much return at this point.

Would be nice to see a scorecard on timing update on all of these factories that these companies are supposedly building. Intel got the most money and the only thing I've seen from them is massive layoffs.

It's very uncomfortable for sure. All the head guys in Taylor are from South Korea, and speak some English but there is definitely a language barrier. All the reporting managers below them are American or American companies.

Any change at all from any plan or design cannot be authorized here, everything has to to go back to the home office in Korea.

So, when designing the meter station, if we wanted to add a 1" o-let for a transmitter, we had to have our engineering firm issue an entire new set of Rev.X drawings. Those were reviewed by the local team (American engineering firm). Once approved, the American team meets with the Korean translation team and puts a package together for the local Korean VP level folks and their team(s).

Once approved, the package is sent to Korea for their review.

Any requested changes go back to step 1.

I will say, the Korean culture that I've run into is very detail and process oriented, and extremely professional, but project management is less than stellar due the behemoth nature of the company.