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How bad is your job really?

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:27 am
by Fester
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Re: How bad is your job really?

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:40 am
by Flynnstone
That's what happens when compensation for death is more attractive than working long hours for peanuts.

Re: How bad is your job really?

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 11:16 am
by dreamachine
iv heard about this sorta stuff before on 1 of cracked.com's articles.

and its "#3. Apple Versus The Poor Bastard Who May or May Not Have Leaked an iPhone" you wanna read in that link

Re: How bad is your job really?

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:18 pm
by BBloke
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That's bad though. I know my job aint the best and conditions are less than ideal but I'm glad it's not regimented to Foxconns extreme.

Re: How bad is your job really?

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:23 pm
by Terbulus
BBloke wrote:Bonzaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: How bad is your job really?

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 2:47 pm
by Flynnstone

Re: How bad is your job really?

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 3:04 pm
by BBloke
Godzilla!!!!!

Re: How bad is your job really?

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 4:26 pm
by SmokeDef
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Re: How bad is your job really?

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 6:13 pm
by BBloke
LMAO!

Re: How bad is your job really?

Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 6:32 pm
by Thanatosgratus
After a string of highly localized suicides at Foxconn's manufacturing campus captured the world's attention -- again -- the company has decided to increase worker wages by about 20 percent. Foxconn says that the pay raise had been planned for some time but did not say when it would be implemented. Mind you, a 20% bump in the third quarter is not unusual as Foxconn ramps up production for the holidays. In fact, Foxconn has given raises by as much as 50% in the past according to Vincent Chen, analyst at Yuanta Securities in Taipei. At the moment, Foxconn entry-level line workers are paid 900 yuan (about $131.80) per month -- remuneration that exceeds the local minimum wage in the area. And that's before bonuses and that oh-so tempting overtime pay are factored in. It's also worth noting that Foxconn is said by a factory worker surnamed Wang, to pay 100,000 yuan (about 10 times a worker's annual base salary) to families of suicide victims -- a sum he says has tempted some to their death.

Update: CEO Terry Guo is being quoted as saying that Foxconn plans to relocate some facilities and about a fifth of its Shenzhen workforce (that's about 80,000 people based on the 400k estimates tossed around) to western parts of China so that the workers can be closer to their families. Meanwhile, Sony, Nokia, and Nintendo, all Foxconn customers, have joined Apple, Dell, and HP in expressing their public concern over the working conditions in Foxconn.