Duhigg and Bradsher tell the story of Eric Saragoza, an engineer who began working in an Apple factory near Sacramento in 1995. The plant made Macs, and for a few years, Saragoza did well, earning $50,000 a year, getting married and having kids, and buying a house with a pool.
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Soon, however, Apple started shipping jobs overseas, because the costs of manufacturing in Asia were so much lower.
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Saragoza was soon asked to work 12-hour days and come in on Saturdays. But, understandably, he wanted to watch his kids play soccer on the weekends.
They go on to say Saragoza quit a job testing iPads which paid $10 an hour and is now looking for work. Meanwhile, Chinese workers work 12-16 hour shifts for a dollar an hour and Apple makes a 40% profit on each iPad.
