Nightline goes inside Foxconn

[SandEagle]

just an fyi, that this come on in 30 minutes.

should be an interesting watch.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanad...-foxconn-to-show-how-apple-products-are-made/

 

[Phokus]

Is it hidden camera or did they get Foxconn's permission to go inside? Because if it's the later, it's going to be highly sanitized by Foxconn.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Is it hidden camera or did they get Foxconn's permission to go inside? Because if it's the later, it's going to be highly sanitized by Foxconn.

The later.

 

[uhohs]

going to be highly sanitized and positive. apple's pr campaign to squash the foxconn work condition bad press is ramping up before the ipad3 announce.

 

[Phokus]

The later.

well then that's worthless

 

[SandEagle]

Is it hidden camera or did they get Foxconn's permission to go inside? Because if it's the later, it's going to be highly sanitized by Foxconn.

http://abcnews.go.com/International...impse-inside-apples-chinese/story?id=15748745

And in a stunning admission, a Foxconn executive, who spent 15 years at Apple, tells me he thinks "Nightline" probably wouldn't be here if it weren't for the deadly explosions and suicides.

stil, its the first video ever of Foxconn. i'm actually excited to see this

 

[WaTaGuMp]

well then that's worthless

Yup, there was an article this week about it. So many comments about how if someone was coming to see your house, you would make sure its clean etc etc.

 

[ShawnD1]

China is powered by slave labor? I thought they were a first world country given their PPP per capita is about $8,000 even though they work 24/7 and their hourly wage is like $1 or whatever.

Anyone surprised at how bad China sucks should check to make sure their pants are not on their head right now.

 

[FoBoT]

it isn't like it's north korea

 

[NFS4]

I'd go crazy from the Fembot saying "OK" all damn day long.

 

[darkxshade]

Wonder what would happen if someone committed suicide during filming and was caught on camera.

 

[Powermoloch]

unmerciful competition, i tells ya.

 

[Svnla]

The Fair Labor audit was not a surprise audit = whitewash.

Apple also paid for the audit = conflict of interest.

Foxconn employees get paid about $2/hr. Employees at factories in other nations such as Vietnam, Cambodia get about $100 -$150/month or $5/day or less.

 

[Wreckem]

The Fair Labor audit was not a surprise audit = whitewash.

Apple also paid for the audit = conflict of interest.

Foxconn employees get paid about $2/hr. Employees at factories in other nations such as Vietnam, Cambodia get about $100 -$150/month or $5/day or less.

And thats because they have higher minimum wages.

Foxxcon pays higher than the Chinese minimum wage.

And the US really cannot say anything. The early days of the US was built by slave labor. Later it was indentured servitude via company towns. And the US didnt stop abusing labor and child labor until the '30's.

 

[ShawnD1]

The Fair Labor audit was not a surprise audit = whitewash.

Apple also paid for the audit = conflict of interest.

Foxconn employees get paid about $2/hr.

Nice.

What's interesting to note about shitty factories is that they often pay better than every other job available. It's like than in first world countries too. Working at a car factory would suck major ass compared to what I do now, but people do it because that job pays a lot more than most other jobs.

 

[SandEagle]

well according to yesterday's broadcast, those poor $1.80 hourly workers pay about 70 cents a meal and $12.50/month for rent. doesn't seem so bad at those rates

 

[Capt Caveman]

The Fair Labor audit was not a surprise audit = whitewash.

Apple also paid for the audit = conflict of interest.

Foxconn employees get paid about $2/hr. Employees at factories in other nations such as Vietnam, Cambodia get about $100 -$150/month or $5/day or less.

Not very different than when any public company in the US gets audited by the CPA/SOX firms that they hire and pay for themselves.

 

[Saint Nick]

OKAY *bleep* OKAY *bleeP* OKAY

Gotta watch this later.

 

[SZLiao214]

well according to yesterday's broadcast, those poor $1.80 hourly workers pay about 70 cents a meal and $12.50/month for rent. doesn't seem so bad at those rates

In the pictures i saw their housing quarters were more like sleeping quarters found in a sub where you have stacked beds in a tiny area.