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Everything is possible if you pay your workers approx. 430-500 USD a month (according to Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/china/apple-supplier-foxconn-giv

Everything is possible if you pay your workers approx. 430-500 USD a month (according to Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/china/apple-supplier-foxconn-gives-pay-rise-staff-hit-by-covid-lockdown-media-2022-11-01/ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/apple-supplier-foxconn-g... "A typical Foxconn worker makes between 3,000 to 4,000 yuan a month." And yes, "everyone else is doing it" is not an answer.

shaunkoh 4y ago
How much do you think they should be paid instead?
SargeDebian 4y ago
I don't think Apple's ability to use lasers to drill tiny holes specifically depends on the salary range of Foxconn's assembly workers, but I could be wrong.
- hef19898 4y ago
  Hate to break it to you, but laser drilled holes is something anybody can do. After all, basically all Apple manufacturing is done by sub-contractors anyway. And those manufacture for everybody. It is like saying nobody can ship B2C like Amazon does, while ignoring the fact a very big junk of shipments is handled by the likes of DHL, and ignoring all the 3PLs Amazon is using for warehousing.
  - Someone 4y ago
    Yes anybody can have third parties do it for them, but few are willing to pay for it. Also, most smaller players cannot afford it because of economies of scale makes the first ten thousand holes way more expensive than the ten millionth.
_zoltan_ 4y ago
this is irrelevant to the post.
- ricardobayes 4y ago
  Yes of course it is, tech shouldn't be exploitative. I'm sure North korean tech is great too, but I don't want to hear of it.
  - _zoltan_ 4y ago
    again, irrelevant.
michpoch 4y ago
Is it little? It’s not much lower than what people in central/eastern Europe make and I believe that life in these part of China is cheaper.
- zhte415 4y ago
  This comment is for perspective: If... and the result's dependent on the if... the worker saves at a high rate, i.e. dormitory and meals are free, and there really isn't a lot to do in these factory mini cities, and saves for 5 years, they'll have enough after those 5 years to pay outright for a new 40-50m2 ish apartment in many T3 cities, so that'll be by around age 23-25. A couple, double the size place, or a place further out in many T2s. It's not a high wage, but not a terrible wage as long as the benefits are included. City tiers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_city_tier_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_city_tier_system

shaunkoh 4y ago

How much do you think they should be paid instead?

SargeDebian 4y ago

I don't think Apple's ability to use lasers to drill tiny holes specifically depends on the salary range of Foxconn's assembly workers, but I could be wrong.

hef19898 4y ago
Hate to break it to you, but laser drilled holes is something anybody can do. After all, basically all Apple manufacturing is done by sub-contractors anyway. And those manufacture for everybody. It is like saying nobody can ship B2C like Amazon does, while ignoring the fact a very big junk of shipments is handled by the likes of DHL, and ignoring all the 3PLs Amazon is using for warehousing.
- Someone 4y ago
  Yes anybody can have third parties do it for them, but few are willing to pay for it. Also, most smaller players cannot afford it because of economies of scale makes the first ten thousand holes way more expensive than the ten millionth.

_zoltan_ 4y ago

this is irrelevant to the post.

ricardobayes 4y ago
Yes of course it is, tech shouldn't be exploitative. I'm sure North korean tech is great too, but I don't want to hear of it.
- _zoltan_ 4y ago
  again, irrelevant.

michpoch 4y ago

Is it little? It’s not much lower than what people in central/eastern Europe make and I believe that life in these part of China is cheaper.

zhte415 4y ago
This comment is for perspective: If... and the result's dependent on the if... the worker saves at a high rate, i.e. dormitory and meals are free, and there really isn't a lot to do in these factory mini cities, and saves for 5 years, they'll have enough after those 5 years to pay outright for a new 40-50m2 ish apartment in many T3 cities, so that'll be by around age 23-25. A couple, double the size place, or a place further out in many T2s. It's not a high wage, but not a terrible wage as long as the benefits are included. City tiers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_city_tier_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_city_tier_system