Like youyou says there's a reason why people work there. Foxconn is known for paying double even triple the job market rate. To recruit and keep the best people. On top of that bonuses and stock options. Which is why people put up with Foxconn's military style management. Otherwise there's plenty of companies in china to switch to.
As for disapproving of a companies practices try reading the label of any of your home products. Not just Ipod, there are no more computers being produced in the US. Not by US companies at least. If you read a label and it says Assembled in USA that's exactly what it is "Assemebled" in the US. Which means some foreign company made the parts shipped them over and then assembled that product. Now Made in USA means likely that some foreign company "Made" the product in the US. Which almost 99.99999% of all electronic products are not made in US. Even the US Government only stands by the "Assembled" in USA label. By a business stand point it makes perfect sense. If I have to pay $1180 dollars to make one laptop to sell for $1200. Then one day some guy comes along and says to me hey I can make the same laptop for you assuming all the risk of overhead, of inventory fluctuation, of employees and their training, of plant sites. And I can make the same laptop for only $1000. What do you think the companies will do? That's basically all these big name brand companies are marketing companies. Some not even that simply holding companies. Why do you think a T-shirt with the label Armani costs $100. Is it made out of some super material that is suddenly so superior from the same material that we have been using for the last 7000 years for linen, 5000 years for silk, cotton, and wool? Where are they made? India? Indonesia? Maylasia? Pakistan? These are certainly countries that are shining examples of worker equality.
You want to know why it is so? You want to know how to fix it? Dont buy it. Dont want it. All these companies all these name brands are driven by america and western societies idea of happiness. I want it, I need it, Here! More! Fast! I want my music to download from 20 different people from 20 different places faster than a snap of my fingers! Ha! I want my laptop to be super fast, hold more pictures, play more songs be super light, super strong, last a long time, and cost real cheap. I want to be able to talk to anyone with a phone number from anywhere in the world at anytime. I want my wheat grem herbal tea to taste great, be organic, cost cheap, and right away! Doesn't matter what it is and where you get it from as long as you want it. People will think of a way to make it as cheap as possible. That's the democratic capalitic way. God Bless America! :/
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Like youyou says there's a reason why people work there. Foxconn is known for paying double even triple the job market rate. To recruit and keep the best people. On top of that bonuses and stock options. Which is why people put up with Foxconn's military style management. Otherwise there's plenty of companies in china to switch to.
As for disapproving of a companies practices try reading the label of any of your home products. Not just Ipod, there are no more computers being produced in the US. Not by US companies at least. If you read a label and it says Assembled in USA that's exactly what it is "Assemebled" in the US. Which means some foreign company made the parts shipped them over and then assembled that product. Now Made in USA means likely that some foreign company "Made" the product in the US. Which almost 99.99999% of all electronic products are not made in US. Even the US Government only stands by the "Assembled" in USA label.
By a business stand point it makes perfect sense. If I have to pay $1180 dollars to make one laptop to sell for $1200. Then one day some guy comes along and says to me hey I can make the same laptop for you assuming all the risk of overhead, of inventory fluctuation, of employees and their training, of plant sites. And I can make the same laptop for only $1000. What do you think the companies will do? That's basically all these big name brand companies are marketing companies. Some not even that simply holding companies. Why do you think a T-shirt with the label Armani costs $100. Is it made out of some super material that is suddenly so superior from the same material that we have been using for the last 7000 years for linen, 5000 years for silk, cotton, and wool? Where are they made? India? Indonesia? Maylasia? Pakistan? These are certainly countries that are shining examples of worker equality.
You want to know why it is so? You want to know how to fix it? Dont buy it. Dont want it. All these companies all these name brands are driven by america and western societies idea of happiness. I want it, I need it, Here! More! Fast! I want my music to download from 20 different people from 20 different places faster than a snap of my fingers! Ha! I want my laptop to be super fast, hold more pictures, play more songs be super light, super strong, last a long time, and cost real cheap. I want to be able to talk to anyone with a phone number from anywhere in the world at anytime. I want my wheat grem herbal tea to taste great, be organic, cost cheap, and right away! Doesn't matter what it is and where you get it from as long as you want it. People will think of a way to make it as cheap as possible. That's the democratic capalitic way. God Bless America! :/