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I hope there won't be any suicide software engineers... EDIT: Regarding downvotes - I didn't know so many Foxconn recruiters were sitting on HN...
by zerr 13y ago
I hope there won't be any suicide software engineers...
EDIT: Regarding downvotes - I didn't know so many Foxconn recruiters were sitting on HN...
- yesplorer 13y agoHonest question: You know your comment and edit to it makes you really sound stupid right?
- zerr 13y agoHonest reply: You think it is stupid to remember foxconn employees who committed suicide. What do you think you are after this?
- igravious 13y agoSo any time any company is mentioned we'll dig up the worst piece of controversy they courted in their past? Or is there a specific reason you're doing so now?
- zura 13y agoSounds aside. You know your "honest" question shows you're an idiot, right?
- Alexx 13y agoThey employ a million people. The Foxconn suicide rate is around 7-14% the national average at 1.5 per 100,000 employees per year. Taking on 3,000 extra employees means that statistically they'd see an additional death over a 20 year period. For a reference point heart disease kills around 800 per 100,000 in the US per year.
- zerr 13y agoIt is not about statistics. It is about the _reason_. We know that suicides were committed _because_ of the employment conditions at foxconn. Numbers are irrelevant in this case.