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Eerie, deserted dorms where Apple iPhone workers lived eight to a room, showered in groups of 20
dailymail. ^ | 11 May 2016 | George Knowles

Posted on 05/11/2016 11:06:45 AM PDT by dennisw

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1 posted on 05/11/2016 11:06:45 AM PDT by dennisw
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LOTS OF PHOTOS AT THE SOURCE
LOTS OF PHOTOS AT THE SOURCE
LOTS OF PHOTOS AT THE SOURCE
LOTS OF PHOTOS AT THE SOURCE
LOTS OF PHOTOS AT THE SOURCE

NO PHOTOS OF THE NOTORIOUS SUICIDE NETS AT APPLE’S CHINA FACILITIES


2 posted on 05/11/2016 11:08:02 AM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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Cramped: Inside one of the eerily deserted dormitory blocks, Mail Online found rooms with up to 12 bunk beds for which each worker would be charged the equivalent of £16 a month, deducted from their pay packets.

UK DAILY MAIL PHOTO

Cattle-class: The dormitories on the outskirts of Shanghai can house 6,000 but do not have private bathrooms, so up to 20 workers showered at a time

UK DAILY MAIL PHOTO

3 posted on 05/11/2016 11:10:23 AM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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Wow... no agenda on this “article” that doesn’t look horrible in the least. For a vacated property, a little mildew around the floor drain in the bathroom? And those rooms are hardly cramped... May not meet McMansion standards, but hardly is it what they want it to be portrayed as.


4 posted on 05/11/2016 11:12:57 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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No!!! Say it ain’t so...I need a Xanax.


5 posted on 05/11/2016 11:13:08 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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iMold.


6 posted on 05/11/2016 11:13:48 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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I don’t see anything wrong with the overall setup, actually. Of course, these photos show it after it has fallen into disrepair.

Its pretty typical for young, migrant worker dorms in China. If you want to see “spartan” or “poor” - then look at the peasant farm-houses these kids are leaving behind.

These lodgings are provided low-cost or free with some very basic medical attention. There is some money deducted for “social security” (China has the same scam as we do) but otherwise, these workers don’t pay taxes. Its not expected to be a long-term gig. They work as many hours as possible, to save as much as possible to support their parents or children, buy a house back home, or start a business.


7 posted on 05/11/2016 11:15:35 AM PDT by PGR88
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Promoting tranny bathrooms while manufacturing iphones with Chinese slave labor. The pirates of Cupertino California!


8 posted on 05/11/2016 11:17:30 AM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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Like a heavy construction camp. You got a cot and ate like a King in the mess hall..


9 posted on 05/11/2016 11:19:20 AM PDT by jetson
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Meh.

I’ve lived in worse.


10 posted on 05/11/2016 11:22:06 AM PDT by humblegunner (NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
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Better than I had in basic training...


11 posted on 05/11/2016 11:22:33 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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And Trump says he will force Apple to make the iPhone in the US. Trump really doesn’t get it.


12 posted on 05/11/2016 11:22:50 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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I had the same thought. Go into any closed down college dorm months after it’s closed down, and I bet it wouldn’t look much different.


13 posted on 05/11/2016 11:23:02 AM PDT by Pravious
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Reminds me of when I got drafted 52 years ago.


14 posted on 05/11/2016 11:25:09 AM PDT by PeteyBoy (The Wall--Build it and they won't come.)
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We used to spend a week in the Fall prior to school starting rehabing the Frat House every year.


15 posted on 05/11/2016 11:25:39 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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Keep in mind that these accommodations are a palace, compared to what the workers typically live in at home.

The article makes a big deal about the bathrooms, not realizing that's a big improvement over "normal" in China. Toilet fixtures are common in the western world, but not in the third world.

16 posted on 05/11/2016 11:26:22 AM PDT by justlurking
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Butt Pirates...


17 posted on 05/11/2016 11:26:30 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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Every one a volunteer. Every one improved their status in life by having these jobs. Air conditioning in every room and a hundred hungry folks waiting to fill your slot if you are done with it.

You dont even want to see what my basic training barracks looked like.


18 posted on 05/11/2016 11:27:41 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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Better than I had in basic training...

LOL, I remember the WWII era barracks at Fort Lewis.

19 posted on 05/11/2016 11:27:59 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi!)
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250 pounds a month and they charge 16 for rent. I’ll bet they forgot to show the cafeteria where all meals are provided.

250 is below the average for an electrical trade worked in Shanghai of about 500 per month, but if dorms are provided, that’s not too bad. It works out to 6.4%.

My modest 3 bedroom home costs me about 20% of my gross monthly pay and that doesn’t include utilities, food etc.

Those certainly are not slave quarters.


20 posted on 05/11/2016 11:29:40 AM PDT by cyclotic (Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
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