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A man working in a Chinese factory assembling the iPhone 14 witnessed a co-worker's pay cut for spending too much time drinking water , according to Rest of World . Nicknamed Hunter, a 34-year-old man who has worked at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China, shares with the non-profit technology publication his vision of what it is like to work in a windowless workshop assembling iPhones . Hunter tells Rest of World that he has held various roles at the plant for more than a decade, most recently working on the iPhone 14 Pro assembly line last year. He worked 10-hour shifts and had to assemble 600 iPhones each day . All his movements within the factory were monitored by the "xianzhang" - or line managers - who frequently reprimanded people, he says. He had a strict one-hour meal break and, if he had to go to the bathroom, he had to make up for lost time.
Tens of thousands of Chinese live at the mercy of Apple factories (and don't even work there) According to Hunter, it is difficult to distinguish between day and night in the facility. In addition, he has witnessed one colleague's salary being lowered for taking too long to drink water, while another was yelled at for only completing 40 tasks in an hour when others had Asia Phone Number List managed to complete 60. Hunter, who was rarely targeted by line managers, told the publication that he hated the humiliations he suffered at work and felt stripped of his "rights and dignity ," but that the pay helped him maintain his composure. Rest of World reports that if newly recruited workers worked 10-hour shifts for 6 days a week, they could earn more than 10,000 yuan per month, at the current exchange rate). A tiny screw explains why Apple doesn't assemble its iPhones or MacBooks in the United States The Foxconn factory, also known as iPhone City.
is the world's largest manufacturer of Apple iPhones and has only recently resumed production at almost full capacity after suffering a COVID-19 outbreak, according to Reuters . In November last year, hundreds of workers protested at the plant over its strict Covid restrictions and claims they were being paid late, BBC News reports . At the time, the company issued a statement amid the protests apologizing for a "technical error" that "occurred during the onboarding process" and caused payment delays. According to the Financial Times , Apple hired one of Foxconn's biggest rivals, Luxshare , to help it make iPhones following the protests. This is what iPhone City looks like inside, the Chinese city where half of the world's iPhones are manufactured On January 9, Hunter left the factory to return to his hometown. He shares with Rest of World that he hopes not to return to Foxconn for the next mass production of iPhones, but that he can't be "absolutely sure." Foxconn and Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider , made outside of normal business hours.
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發表於 2024-3-7 13:55:41
