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  • L Lost User

    But... but... but... where are the 12 year old children chained to the medieval machines cranking out iPhones?

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    Dalek Dave
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    Most 12 yo children are chained to the mediaeval machine that IS the iPhone. (Says a Galaxy S3 Owner)

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      FYI, here's an interesting series from an American reporter from the Atlantic who spent some time wandering around the Foxconn campus, taking pictures. it's probably not what you imagined: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/inside-foxconn-5-food/264033/[^]

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      Chris Meech
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      Does catering do delivery? Looks better than what I get around here. :)

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        FYI, here's an interesting series from an American reporter from the Atlantic who spent some time wandering around the Foxconn campus, taking pictures. it's probably not what you imagined: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/inside-foxconn-5-food/264033/[^]

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        Working conditions at Foxconn factories have been under the spotlight since a 2010 spate of worker suicides at its plants. Foxconn said it had increased workers pay, introduced counselors, started a 24-hour phone counseling service and opened a stress room where workers can take out frustration on mannequins with bats.[^] I want pictures of the bat room!!!!

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          Most 12 yo children are chained to the mediaeval machine that IS the iPhone. (Says a Galaxy S3 Owner)

          --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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          Chris Losinger
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          Dalek Dave wrote:

          Galaxy S3

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn#Major_customers[^]

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            Working conditions at Foxconn factories have been under the spotlight since a 2010 spate of worker suicides at its plants. Foxconn said it had increased workers pay, introduced counselors, started a 24-hour phone counseling service and opened a stress room where workers can take out frustration on mannequins with bats.[^] I want pictures of the bat room!!!!

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            OriginalGriff
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            I want pictures of the bat cave! (And why do the mannequins have bats?)

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            • L Lost User

              But... but... but... where are the 12 year old children chained to the medieval machines cranking out iPhones?

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              Maximilien
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              they are all chained to machines in sub-sub-contractors.

              Nihil obstat

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              • L Lost User

                But... but... but... where are the 12 year old children chained to the medieval machines cranking out iPhones?

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                wizardzz
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                Foxconn has launched a PR blitz since '10, but child workers for other Apple suppliers: http://www.chinalaborwatch.org[^]

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  I want pictures of the bat cave! (And why do the mannequins have bats?)

                  Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water

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                  wizardzz
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                  Because guns are illegal in China.

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                  • D Dalek Dave

                    Most 12 yo children are chained to the mediaeval machine that IS the iPhone. (Says a Galaxy S3 Owner)

                    --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]

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                    Lost User
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                    Shouldn't you be tapping your S3 on another S3 right now? Not sure if this particular Samsung TV ad is available across the pond.

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                    • W wizardzz

                      Foxconn has launched a PR blitz since '10, but child workers for other Apple suppliers: http://www.chinalaborwatch.org[^]

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                      Lost User
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                      Meh! Surely you are too smart to believe this is an Apple issue vs. an industry issue or China issue?

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                      • L Lost User

                        But... but... but... where are the 12 year old children chained to the medieval machines cranking out iPhones?

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                        lewax00
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                        They can't build them because they're the main ingredient, iPhones are made of the crushed hopes and dreams of little children, I thought everyone knew that. :doh:

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                        • C Chris Losinger

                          FYI, here's an interesting series from an American reporter from the Atlantic who spent some time wandering around the Foxconn campus, taking pictures. it's probably not what you imagined: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/inside-foxconn-5-food/264033/[^]

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                          Rutvik Dave
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                          This is the part of the campus where Microsoft Surface is being made, the older pictures you have seen were from the Apple products section in the campus. :)

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                          • C Chris Losinger

                            FYI, here's an interesting series from an American reporter from the Atlantic who spent some time wandering around the Foxconn campus, taking pictures. it's probably not what you imagined: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/inside-foxconn-5-food/264033/[^]

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                            Lost User
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                            I didn't imagine anything, so no this isn't what I imagined.

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                              FYI, here's an interesting series from an American reporter from the Atlantic who spent some time wandering around the Foxconn campus, taking pictures. it's probably not what you imagined: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/inside-foxconn-5-food/264033/[^]

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                              djdanlib 0
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                              We had nice cafeterias in college, too. The problem was that we couldn't afford to go off-campus for anything. I don't see much of a difference between working for Foxconn and the living-on-campus college experience, except maybe that the work never changes, there is no hope of ever leaving, no hope of a better paycheck someday, and you can't choose your bosses. That would make it tremendously depressing. The whole experience sounds really bad to me.

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                                We had nice cafeterias in college, too. The problem was that we couldn't afford to go off-campus for anything. I don't see much of a difference between working for Foxconn and the living-on-campus college experience, except maybe that the work never changes, there is no hope of ever leaving, no hope of a better paycheck someday, and you can't choose your bosses. That would make it tremendously depressing. The whole experience sounds really bad to me.

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                                Chris Losinger
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                                djdanlib wrote:

                                the work never changes, there is no hope of ever leaving, no hope of a better paycheck someday, and you can't choose your bosses

                                well, that sounds like 99% of all jobs, ever.

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                                  FYI, here's an interesting series from an American reporter from the Atlantic who spent some time wandering around the Foxconn campus, taking pictures. it's probably not what you imagined: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/inside-foxconn-5-food/264033/[^]

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                                  Mark_Wallace
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                                  Taking pictures of the cafeteria? How useful. There isn't a company in China that doesn't provide lunch for its employees, and most of the refectories I've been to were a lot better than that one.

                                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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