Take a look inside the Foxconn assembly plant, where the beloved ipad is assembled. More after the break...
Rob Schmitz a marketplace Bureau Chief takes an inside look at the Foxconn plant which is apples manufacturing partner in China. Only two reporters have been allowed to tour the plants where many of Apple's gadgets are made.
The Foxconn plant in China is said to be one of the best places to work in China because workers are paid on time and the company invests in amenities keeping its workers happy.
Rob Schmitz writes:
The first misconception I had about Foxconn’s Longhua facility in the city of Shenzhen was that I’ve always called it a ‘factory’ -- technically, it is. But after you enter the gates and walk around, you quickly realize that it’s also a city -- 240,000 people work here. Nearly 50,000 of them live on campus in shared dorm rooms.
There’s a main drag lined on both sides with fast-food restaurants, banks, cafes, grocery stores, a wedding photo shop, and an automated library. There are basketball courts, tennis courts, a gym, two enormous swimming pools, and a bright green astroturf soccer stadium smack-dab in the middle of campus. There’s a radio station -- Voice of Foxconn -- and a television news station. Longhua even has its own fire department, located right on main street.
This is not what comes to mind when you think “Chinese factory.”
The next time you buy an Apple gadget remember all the good you are doing for the workers at Foxconn, to make yourself feel a little better about the prices you pay.
Source: Iphone Hacks
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