[HN Gopher] Foxconn Reportedly Paying Huawei Workers More Than i...
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       Foxconn Reportedly Paying Huawei Workers More Than iPhone Builders
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2023-09-17 16:50 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.tomshardware.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.tomshardware.com)
        
       | nomel wrote:
       | As always, don't just read the title.
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       | > told the SCMP that FIH employees are often paid higher but that
       | the group that makes iPhones "typically offers better welfare
       | programmes for workers than others," suggesting better benefits.
        
         | pcurve wrote:
         | About $3.60 per hour vs 2.89.
         | 
         | Almost 25% more, so a good deal more.
        
         | netsharc wrote:
         | That reads very grim... if I could speculate, the welfare
         | programmes are probably what's Apple mandating from their
         | suppliers, so "if you want to earn more, give up on some
         | 'comforts'.".
         | 
         | Maybe things like better break hours, vacation, some sort of
         | counselling (they did have a lot of workers retiring by jumping
         | out the window a few years ago...).
        
       | pupppet wrote:
       | If China somehow stepped in and forced Foxconn to kick Apple to
       | the curb, would that be the end of Apple?
        
         | PlutoIsAPlanet wrote:
         | Why you think Apple and other phone makers are trying to move
         | manufacturing to India?
         | 
         | Large young workforce, far cheaper than building in the US or
         | Europe, along with still being closer to China for resources,
         | and the more pro-western government is another added bonus.
        
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