If you have an iPhone or have you ever purchased something from Sony, HP or Dell? If so you‘ve probably bought something made at Foxconn in Shenzhen China.

The giant factory in the city of Shenzhen China employs 275,000 people by some reports and 425,000 by others. Whatever the number of workers is, the average reported pay is only about $130 per month… How would you feel working 10hr shifts on a fast-paced, repetitive production line for only 65 CENTS PER HOUR? Do you believe anybody in the west that BUYS the millions of products manufactured in China would actually WORK at one of those facilities?

And the worst part about working at Foxconn; you come from a little farm and have not left it before. You‘ve never been away from your folks farm, and now your folks are far away and you can’t see or talk to them. You do not know anybody where you‘re employed and likely dont even begin to know the individuals that you live withinternal the walled-in Foxconn compound. How long before you end up going mad?

The work conditions in the big facility in Shenzhen are probably not excellent. Foxconn makes uncountable billions of bucks in profits, and one employee when talking about the work conditions had this claim :

I like to occasionally drop things so I can bend down and pick them up. Its like getting a break.
Does that sound like a nice place to work to you?

We should all feel sad to think about the situation, but also hopefully they don’t make the stuff that we use to take our minds off of daily life like a Guitar Hero Xbox bundle. Foxconn does make many different electronics for different companies so it’s possible if you’re looking for buy new digital camera it could be made there as well.

Next time youre at the drive thru at McD, and they forgot your french fries again, ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD! Calm down, and put things into proportion. If a missing straw is the most terrible thing thats going down in your life at this time, its really not that bad is it?

Hope you enjoy your iPhone.

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