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About ten years ago I met a Maylaysian girl in Australia who had worked for 2 dollars a day at a sweat shop when she was younger. I asked her how it was, and s
by hessenwolf 15y ago
About ten years ago I met a Maylaysian girl in Australia who had worked for 2 dollars a day at a sweat shop when she was younger. I asked her how it was, and she said it was fine, accomodation and food were paid for and 2 dollars was pretty okay in Malaysia. Just saying.
- mtts 15y agoThat's a very good point, but let's also not forget that at the time she didn't know any better and expected working for 2 dollars a day at a sweat shop to be normal (viz the slaves in Mauretania mentioned here on HN yesterday who couldn't conceive of there being anything wrong or unusual about their being enslaved).
- hessenwolf 15y agoShe works as a management consultant in IT in Singapore, last time I checked...
- jacalata 15y agoIf it was so great, why was she in Australia?
- olalonde 15y agoFirst, she didn't say it was great. Second, there's probably some selection bias at play here since there aren't that many HNers in developing countries.
- hessenwolf 15y agoShe didn't say it was great, but she didn't complain either. She was in university in Australia.
- olalonde 15y agoSame experience here. I live a few blocks away from the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen and I almost get laughed at when questioning the well being of Foxconn employees. They are apparently doing just fine.