Steve Jobs: Foxconn suicide rate is lower than US. SO?!
3 Jun
Steve Jobs believes that Foxconn is “pretty nice” for a factory, and now, after Foxconn employees will get a no-suicide incentive of 30% salary increase, Jobs himself might actually consider working there.
“You go in this place and it’s a factory but, my gosh, they’ve got restaurants and movie theaters and hospitals and swimming pools.” Yes, there are 400,000 people living in that factory, it’s a good idea to have a hospital and a restaurant there, maybe a swimming pool. I mean, what did you have in mind Mr. Jobs? A factory that looks like your 1984 commercial?
The base salary at Foxconn is around 900 Yuan, or $130 per month, so imagine the possibilities after the raise. These guys are going to be millionaires. Ye, no. not really. A Foxconn employee still makes less money than the average Chinese worker.
Still, they seem very happy according to Jobs’ calculations, as Foxconn’s suicide rate is “Under the US suicide rate of 11 per 100000 people.” Oh give me a break! Your factory might be a ghetto, but it’s not New York City. The suicide rate demographics that you talk about differ in age, social and economical status, while all of Foxconn suicides happen to overworked people in their 20’s.
And hey, how about this one, Mr. Jobs: Apple has around 40,000 employees. According to your statistics, and the US suicide rate that you give, it should be normal if 4 of your employees will commit suicide each year.
So please Mr. Jobs, show statistics when you brag about iPad sales, but not when discussing people’s lives.
No comments yet