Workers in Apple iPad factories forced to sign anti-suicide contracts
The main impetus of this requirement appears to be legal in nature. If an employee violates the contract by killing themselves, the binding document states that the family of the deceased is allowed only the legal minimum in damages. In addition to signing the pact, the company has also put up “anti-suicide nets” around the living facilities to help prevent employees from jumping off of the building to their death. These measures were implemented after last year’s plan of hiring monks to exorcise evil spirits had failed.
The popularity of the iPad has put tremendous pressure on suppliers to deliver parts to Apple in a timely manner. To meet this demand, workers are forced to put in long hours, live in dorms with up to 24 other people in the same room, and not say a word to each other while working. These working conditions put a strain on the workers’ mental health, but don’t expect many changes until consumers are willing to pay higher prices for the products they want.
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Hesse10Posted:
Are you guys **** retarded? All the dumbasses saying "good thing i dont buy apple" and "wow wat an ass", IT'S NOT APPLES FAULT. APPLE makes the iPad. COMPANIES IN CHINA, NOT APPLE, supply apple with the crap to make the iPad. This is a company in china that is doing this. The stuff this company ships out, probably goes more towards PC's than Mac's and related products. The company you just read about makes things like the steel frame of the iPhone, or the computer chips in your Dell PC. So shutup! These things the workers are making are going to PC's more probably, so you should just be saying "G00D T1NG I DUN LIKE PC >:( PC R GEY"
3OH3Posted:
connor78 "employees are now also forced to sign anti-suicide contracts. This was in response to a large number of deaths the previous year."
what happens if you break your contract... you get fired? your dead.. lol, will a contract really mmake people be like, "Whoa.. if i commit suicide ill get in trouble, thank god i signed that contract, or i might have just got fired" sigh, stupid people are stupid.. its like the law that makes suicide illegal, does anyone really think if killing themselves is legal before they do it.. wouldnt want to break the law now would i, they might put my dead body in jail. oh noes
Did you even read the story? It's a contract so that the workers families can't get any money from Apple for damages or collecting compensation because of their death....
connor78Posted:
"employees are now also forced to sign anti-suicide contracts. This was in response to a large number of deaths the previous year."
what happens if you break your contract... you get fired? your dead.. lol, will a contract really mmake people be like, "Whoa.. if i commit suicide ill get in trouble, thank god i signed that contract, or i might have just got fired" sigh, stupid people are stupid.. its like the law that makes suicide illegal, does anyone really think if killing themselves is legal before they do it.. wouldnt want to break the law now would i, they might put my dead body in jail. oh noes
what happens if you break your contract... you get fired? your dead.. lol, will a contract really mmake people be like, "Whoa.. if i commit suicide ill get in trouble, thank god i signed that contract, or i might have just got fired" sigh, stupid people are stupid.. its like the law that makes suicide illegal, does anyone really think if killing themselves is legal before they do it.. wouldnt want to break the law now would i, they might put my dead body in jail. oh noes
JellyfishPosted:
They actually have suicide nets placed around the buildings the people work in... fail
OasisPosted:
This reminds me of the sweat shops, huge factories where women and children are forced for little money to produce clothes for the western world. Yet they can't afford to feed themselves and whole villages live in poverty. Apple should be ashamed.
GGvietboiGGPosted:
SnPrXMafiA This makes me want to buy apple products even more. Good for Steve jobs. He is my god
Nice job, being an unfunny troll. +1
SnPrXMafiAPosted:
This makes me want to buy apple products even more. Good for Steve jobs. He is my god
SolarisPosted:
iSiiK That's just horrible! Another reason why I don't buy apple products.
i agree 100 percent with u m8, pc ftw
ZBrushPosted:
Only china would put "Anti-Suicide nets" on a building.
Still though, how does he sleep at night.
Still though, how does he sleep at night.
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