Horrible Suicides by Employees at Foxconn Compound Shenzhen China

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

The enormous facility in the city of Shenzhen China employs 275,000 folk 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, repeated production line for only 65 CENTS PER HOUR? Do you suspect any person in the western world that BUYS the thousands of products manufactured in China would actually WORK at one of those facilities?

And the worst thing about being at Foxconn; you moved there from a tiny farm and haven’t ever left it before. You have never been away from your family farm, and now your family is far away and you can’t see or talk to them. You do not know any person where you‘re employed and likely dont even start to know the individuals that you live withinside the walled-in Foxconn compound. How long before you finish up going mad?

The work conditions in the huge factory in Shenzhen are probably not very good. Foxconn makes uncountable billions of dollars in profits, and one worker when talking about the work conditions had this claim :

I love to sometimes 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 thinking about it, but on the other hand I hope that they don't make the products that we use to take our minds off of daily life like a Guitar Hero Wii bundle. Foxconn does make many different products for different corporations so it's probable if you're shopping for new digital camera sales it might be made there as well.

Next time you are at the drive through at McD, and they forgot your straw again, ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD! Relax, and put things into perspective. If a missing straw is the very worst thing thats going down in your life right now, its actually not that bad is it?

Hope you enjoy your iPhone.