High pay is what attracts the blue-collar employees that Foxconn has working its iPhone assembly lines.
published the story of Hunter , a 34-year-old man who works at Foxconn's Zhengzhou factory. This is the largest iPhone assembly plant in China and produces roughly 50% of the world's iPhone units including the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.in November after China's COVID lockdown started. Assembly line workers, not wanting to be stuck in their dormitories eating, or forced to live on-campus, escaped from the factory leaving a shortage of assembly line workers.
Hunter told Rest of the World,"I feel we have no rights and dignity inside the workshops. Some line leaders just can’t live a day without scolding people." Since Apple relies on just-in-time manufacturing means that the factory's busiest time of year is in September and October as the new iPhone models are unveiled and released. The frantic pace continues through the holidays and continues through January or February when the Lunar New Year is celebrated.
Speaking of pay, Hunter had worked for Foxconn before, but not on the assembly line. Last year, well before the release of the iPhone 14 series, he saw a recruitment poster for Foxconn offering a bonus equivalent to $1,474 to those workers who stayed for over 90 days. So he came back to work at the factory, still not on the assembly line. But in October, when the COVID lockdown started, he was given the choice of giving up his off-campus apartment and living in a dorm at the factory or quitting.
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