Same here, you do have (Actually kinda mandatory) right for 3 consecutive weeks holiday, but you could also reschedule them if both agree with it.
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Same here, you do have (Actually kinda mandatory) right for 3 consecutive weeks holiday, but you could also reschedule them if both agree with it.
I had middle/upper management positions in 3 major us financial institutions and I was ordered to cancel my vacations during crunch time. I've also been forced to work mandatory over time numerous times.
Not trying to defend Foxconn or Apple. Simply saying this kind of stuff happens right here in the"good ol" USA.
Not trying to defend Foxconn or Apple. Simply saying this kind of stuff happens right here in the"good ol" USA.
I’ve never felt entitled to holidays or vacations that were set in stone. Many workers here get ZERO paid vacation. Of course in some countries, they have six or more weeks of vacation every year.
Must be nice to have those guarantees in your country. Maybe someday we’ll have that here in the US.
I don’t agree with it either. Anywhere. But it’s the world we live in atm.
Is it that much better in the USA?
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I wish Apple would invest more into automation. They already have a robot that can take these phones apart, it should be possible to make machines that can assemble them together. That repetitive and mundane task of assembly is exactly what machines are meant to do. People can instead build and service these machines, that would be far more rewarding work for them.
Life sucks. It truly does. My previous Thanksgiving was also destroyed due to a Sql Server upgrade that revealed an bug from several years back that was not fixed by Microsoft.
Sometimes you have to live with the suck.
They are.
Of course then everyone will whine about how automation has put a million hardworking Chinese out of a job.
Indeed. But of course state-ownership isn't necessarily communist either - rather depends who controls the state. I don't get the impression that the Chinese state truly represents the wishes of the people. Looks more like an oligarchy to me, but I must admit I know very little about it.
It took you till the iPhone 12 to realize this?
when you believe a graphic made by people who doenst want China image to be a bad thing....and you dont believe the actual reality...never believe what comes from China, Rusia or USA. Facts dont lie, people do for their "own" country
I think you believe what Trump says every time too
Clearly not enough.
Apple is an American company and should care about its domestic contributions. Automation would be a way to support jobs at home as opposed to abroad. Let Chinese companies support their own people.
Automation in general will eventually put millions of workers out of work, unless they find another type of trade. And that’s fine, we have to move on as a society and evolve. Leave the menial work to the machines, people have skills better suited in other areas.
Communism - the ideology that killed tens of millions of people in the 20th century and created murderous dictators such as Josef Stalin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh and Pol Pot.
Communism brings poverty and and tyranny. Capitalism bringt prosperity and freedom.
Look at Germany after WW2: The capitalist FRG (West Germany) had the Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle) and freedom, while the communist GDR (East Germany) spied on its people, forced them to stay in the country and shot at them when they tried to escape.
Or look at South Korea vs. North Korea today.
The outrage must be coming from the unemployed people here because this sounds a lot like my job in America. Difference is, the incentive for my overtime is keeping my job.
In short, welcome to corporate America. Frankly, welcome to working.
In short, welcome to corporate America. Frankly, welcome to working.
Tim Cook the supply chain master doing what he does best again - chasing after the last cent to maximise profits.... instead of focusing his energy on designing breakthrough products and envisioning the future like Steve Jobs.
See I honestly don't think this sounds unreasonable, and is actually pretty comparable to how things work in the west.
They're working longer shifts and getting bonuses, and sure, they're having to cancel their holiday but the same happens here during crunch time.
They're working longer shifts and getting bonuses, and sure, they're having to cancel their holiday but the same happens here during crunch time.
I can only imagine the slave workers working 12-hour shifts or longer while Apple execs sit comfortably looking out the windows over the garden at Apple Park.
Shocking.
Shocking.
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Just because other companies in other countries do it, it does not excuse Apple doing it. As for the 24hrs a day thing, I said the 'workforce', not the individual worker. This implies that the 'workforce' will be required to work in shifts, possibly two shifts of 12hrs which is common place around the world BUT to run a factory 24hrs a day requires the complete workforce to be in attendance. I wonder if Apple has considered convid-19 safety practices for it's manufacturing workforce. I bet it would not be long before production is halted due to a number of workers getting the virus but of course the west wont know because such information will be hidden from the public.
Apple execs basically work 24/7. It’s a big responsibility managing a $2T company.
You may not like it, but leadership isn’t easy