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Perhaps companies like Apple can get tips on worker dormitories from their business partners in asia: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/

• lior9999 11y ago
  You mean every single company building electronics in China? "Companies like Apple" includes effectively every single company making electronics at a large scale.
• Retric 11y ago
  UPDATE: I am hearing from many people in America, "this looks tough." I am hearing from many people who have seen other Chinese factories, "this looks pretty good." More on this too -- and while I'm saving "what it all means" comments for later, I'll say that I've seen enough other Chinese factories, rural schools, villages and so on to recognize that these are on the higher end of the spectrum. It might seem bad, but Foxconn is actually one of the better choices for outsourcing in terms of working conditions. People in the US sometimes chose situations like that simply to send more money home. PS: Or for the extreme version, hot bunking is still a thing for US subs. Where people on different shifts use the same bed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_racking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_racking With more than one crew member assigned to a rack, it is possible that a crew member returning from a duty shift will lie down on a rack immediately after it is vacated by another crew member about to start a shift. The rack is therefore said to be "hot", that is, still warm from the vacating crew member's body heat. The term could also apply to individuals who get into the rack right off of duty without showering and smelling like a "hot" mess.