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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
This means that they are spending 1/4 or less of their monthly income on room and board and food.
That's not half bad at all, especially after the shots of the villages they are coming from to do the work.
Edit: I'm not saying it's ideal, just pointing out that for a young person who likely had zero future to look forward to in their home town, that's a heck of an opportunity for themselves and their families.
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I'm Chinese and have family and co-workers from there. The reality is that great number of migrant workers have to send back a large chunk of their wages home to support their families so in many cases, it is not enough to get by without putting in an excessive amount of overtime.
Anyway, these conditions are endemic all over China and developing countries which are industrializing. I have nothing against monotonous and assembly line work. All of those things exist here in the first world as well. I do have problems with child labor, poor treatment, and overly harsh discipline in those conditions however.
Apple is just getting picked on because of three factors:
1. They are the biggest player right now (larger operating cash balance than the entire U.S. Treasury)
2. They are making more money than everyone else and can afford to experiment or try to make a difference or set a standard for others
3. The image and branding that Apple has historically built for itself and their users as "different" from the big corporate stereotypes of it's competitors in the past