Now, they even wait in line at Foxconn

[Randy W]

. . . to RESIGN! - From the SCMP

 

Foxconn, a tale of slashed salaries, disappearing benefits and mass resignations as iPhone orders dry up

• Workers line up on a daily basis to leave the world’s largest iPhone assembly plant in China's Henan province as overtime opportunities plunge
• Apple CEO Tim Cook announced in January a 5 per cent fall in fourth quarter revenue, attributed in large part to weaker demand for new iPhones in China

 

 

But working conditions inside the world’s largest iPhone assembly plant are not normal, as weaker demand for the mobile phones assembled inside the vast 1.4 million square metre (15 million square feet) facility has led to lower salaries and reduced benefits from Apple’s largest supplier.

The shuttle bus service to the workers’ gloomy dormitory compound has been cancelled, forcing some to walk for up to 40 minutes to get to their rooms.

Edited March 3, 2019 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

also from the SCMP

 

iPhones cost US$800, I was offered a job at Foxconn to assemble them for less than US$2 per hour, 40 hours per week

• A South China Morning Post reporter’s experience visiting Foxconn’s huge facility in Zhengzhou, in China’s Henan province
• Foxconn desperate for new hires as weak iPhone demand has led to less overtime, prompting workers to quit

 

 

There are few requirements for being a production line worker at Foxconn. As long as you have are educated to the age of 15, are aged between 16 and a half and 40, and are not Uygur or Tibetan, you’re welcome to apply.

After a glance at my Chinese ID card, the two recruiters said I could start work that very afternoon.

I was told I would be assigned a dormitory later that day. As a Foxconn migrant worker, this would be my home.

These conditions on ethnicity do not appear on the Foxconn website, but do adorn the walls of private job agencies hiring directly for the technology giant.