Do you own an Apple iPad or ever bought something from Sony, HP or Dell? If so you‘ve probably acquired something made at Foxconn in Shenzhen China.

The factory in the city of Shenzhen China employs 425,000 folk by some reports and 275,000 by others. Whatever the quantity of workers is, the average reported pay is only about $130 per month… How would you feel working 10hr shifts on a fast paced, incessant production line for only 65 CENTS PER HOUR? Do you think any person in the developed world that BUYS the thousands of devices being made in China would actually WORK at one of those facilities?

And the worst part about working at Foxconn ; you come from a small farm and haven’t ever left it before. You have never been away from your folks farm, and now your family is far away and you can’t see or speak with them. You dont know any person where you‘re employed and likely dont even begin to know the individuals that you live withinternal the walled-in Foxconn compound. How long before you finish up going mad?

The work conditions in the big factory in Shenzhen are most likely not excellent. Foxconn makes billions of bucks in profits and one employee when talking about the work conditions had this to assert :

I love to sometimes drop things so I’ll bend down and pick them up. Its like getting a break.
Does that sound like a nice place to work to you?

It makes be feel bad to think about it, but at the same time 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 companies so it’s possible if you’re looking for buy new digital camera it might be made there as well.

Next time youre at the drive thru at McD, and they forgot your straw again, ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD! Unwind, relax, and put things into perspective. If a missing straw is the most terrible thing thats going down in your life now, its actually not that bad is it?

Hope you enjoy your iPhone.