Easily some of the most under appreciated people. Dull, mundane, unfulfilling work sucks. I hope conditions get better for them, and I wish them all the best.
Well, at least they are employed and not collecting unemployment benefits or wasting their lives drinking alcohol or using drugs to exist as a mindless morons.
@Jack Bogusman you do realize that, in order to collect "our" unemployment benefits, a pers has to have been working for the period immediately prior to getting said benefits? Well, maybe you dont. They pay into it also. So its "theirs" too. You sound like one of those spoiled kids on the playground who wont let anyone play with their toys.
Dude fuck that those jobs belong here in the US but you are going to tell me we don't have the capable people in this country what we don't have is people that are willing to work for pennies on the dollar and rightfully so can't live off that but there needs to be more incentive for these American companies to stay here and not go to China there is a massive workforce coming to this country on a daily God forbid you should train them no no send it overseas to China communist China the country that wants this country wiped out of course that makes a lot of sense FOH haters whiners bunch of **tches
Apple is American. What are you talking about? Without Walmart and Amazon, apple would not have so many sales. It's all about advertising pushes to Apple, without that they would be nothing. It's a fashion brand now, literally
@@dertythegrower *fashion brand* dude what? So youre saying people who choose iPhones dont choose it for the software integration and the hardware optimization but merely because of the Apple Logo? Dude go back to school
I've worked in various factories for 35 years often doing repetitive work from soldering electronics to assembly. It can be very satisfying if not pressured to produce more than your able. I remember once as a teenager a foreman assigned me to work with 12 women putting pins and springs into key locks. The more they produced as a group the more they got paid. These women would talk to each other without looking down to pick multiple lengths of pins and springs, place them into the cylinders and down the belt it would go till it got to my station. I fumbled repeatedly and had has so many parts on the floor that the line came to a stop and they all eyed me like devils. One lady shot out of her seat, stormed into the foreman's and had me removed. I looked at the clock, less than ten minutes had passed.
Apple: *lectures the world about progressive ideologies* World: So, are you gonna stop doing business with abusive companies now? Apple: Well yes, but actually no!
I mean I see what you mean but apple is technically employing a few 100s of thousands of people in pretty fair working conditions compared to some horrible working conditions in other places. It may not be the best living conditions in the world but it still lets them live a life outside of pure poverty.
@@jayk.7622 another woke convenient apologist... Come to such countries and try living their lives.... You will forever thank heavens for having born into a western country
@@jayk.7622 Ah..Apple fanboy, I see. Kid, a subcontractor is in someway an extension of a company. So, by supporting and tolerating the labor practices of a subcontractor, the company is also supporting the abuse. The most laborious part of the process is in the manufacturing of the product so it is expected that in one way or another, an abuse will come out from the manufacturing side, not on distribution centers/apple stores where salesmen and managers have "fair working conditions". I can't believe I have to explain this.
Apple squeeze as much as they can out of their customers. Anyone for 'the best ever Apple headphones' $550 headphones? No wonder they got rid of the headphone jack. Made billions out of airpods but not satisfied with $250 airpods they want even more hence Airpods Max, cost nearly €700 in EU.
@@larrybarnes1794 Exactly. A product is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it. If no one was willing to pay $1000 for an iPhone than Apple would lower the price regardless of cost. Look up how much Apple is willing pay you for upgrading your computer. I have a 2014 MacBook Pro that is loaded. Apple is willing to give me a whopping $90 for it. How generous of them.
@@Aethelbeorn that’s true but the only thing is that people think that apple is treating their employees harshly and that they are going to switch to android because of that. Which is bs as lots of androids are made at the same place Edit: spelling mistakes
My brother is working at one of the electric factories like this. He chose to work there because he get paid. China has huge population, people want to work to support themselves and their family. There is no need to force anyone to work. It’s funny that so many people who have never been to China thought they know everything about China.
Only in the future will the Americans and Europeans take over this troubled work✌greetings from Germany luckily I only live 50 years and don't notice anything
I used to live worse than this back in my home country. Me and my family where decently happy even though we didn’t have much money. It’s really not that bad when you’re ignorant of all the other pleasures of this world. You get use to it.
If I ran a factory with this scenario I’d train everyone to master at least two different stations, just to keep morale up and my employees engaged. You can be more productive if you’re invested in what you’re doing. 💯
This shop is cruel and inhumane and regardless who runs it, its against Gods will and those who participate in its ventures will see no fruit, God is still mad about all the sparrows that the Asians killed
I am an engineer in Toyota and as part of our development program, we get to go and work as a member of the manufacturing plant for a month to experience Toyota Production System in action. I saw that each member on the assembly floor had expertise on two or more processes so that they could rotate from time to time, and they were also encouraged towards and rewarded for improvement ideas in the factory.
Agreed, it is an amazing feeling when you work with passion, precision and tranquility, can't imagine working in an environment as Apples factories or any factory like so.
The whole point of people only working one station is so they don’t learn how to build an iPhone for themselves or any other phone for that matter to not train the next competition
I love how apple and foxconn could provide fair conditions to these workers by sacrificing some of their revenue but just practice the highest cost the market allows and provide workers with the bear minimum. Inspiring :')
Its not any better than samsung or any other phone company. In fact, they use a lot of the same companies. I work mandatory overtime on pane of being fired, and im in the Union in United Stated. I work a long boring tiring job. Thats life.
Very hard doing boring work like that. I once spent 6 months in a machine shop, on a Lathe, turning out the same item at 60 items/hour, I can still do it in my dreams.I hope they can improve their work opportunities.
How is it possible that human labour is cheaper than robots or machines? Like why aren't iPhones assembled in Japan by robots? From my experience, Apple products always seem very high quality and assembled well. I had no idea that a person was assembling it. Which makes me think now it is remarkable that there are not more human error issues with their products.
Im a dummy but didn't Marx write about how you can't exploit a machine so that alone won't make a surplus value or at least not as long as competitors are catching up with the automatization?
@@乐匠 You are absolutely right, it's a very futuristic idea and it will take some time before robots can take over human assembly works. Also before that time human labour will still be cheaper, these people also need a job. He has no idea how production in China works.
I've lived in a very poor country and honestly as bad as some of this seems to us, they're often just grateful to have a job. As long as it's not exploitative or harmful I think it's fine. If they had better options they would choose them, but if we remove all the bad options then they won't have any options left.
@@PabloGonzalez-hv3td depends, relatively locally it's better than most jobs especially ppl from villages & the money does provide comfortable financial. compared to US it's probably less then 1/20 in terms of wage. both Apple & the Taiwan Foxconn make a massive margin in between which is just sickening when u look at the price of Apple products & its real costs...
Just because something is average like apples pay to its workers does not mean you should settle for it. A company like apple who’s worth more than a trillion and has Margin of more than 100% on a phone has the money to pay their workers USA minimum wage. However, they would never as their goal is to maximize profit and minimize loss. Like most multi trillion dollar companies.
I've lived in China for over 10 years, in factories and the education sector - and have never encountered a single suicide (direct knowledge of known through friends), except about a mother who took her life after a miscarriage. This is unlike back home in Australia where I personally know 6 people (including my brother and my cousin) who took their lives - and know of many more than that through friends. In my opinion, there's a suicide epidemic in western countries that does not exist in China (or other Asian countries)
Same in America, for food we use illegal mexican and the normal legal mexicans cannot afford to work there because you get such low pay (but in mexico, it would be considered 10x normal pay, below wage laws here in US)
I'm so glad this topic was brought up because it's been going on for so long and more awareness is important. The more people know, the more likely companies are forced to change
Hmm not necessarily. Most of us are aware of forced Uyghur labour and exploitation, nothing substantial is happening. I think rather if more people know then there’s a higher possibility of someone doing something about it.
I used to work 12 hours a day, every day at a factory here in London... At the assembly line, closing the lid on skincare products, I had to wear 2 layers of latex gloves, because my hands were bleeding so badly. They forced people to do overtime in order to stay on target. I left after 8 months.
This guy found random clips from all over the place and pieced them together with narratives... and the narratives are just reading articles from all over the place too.
It's not forced labor. People ultimately flock to and stay in the factories because the pay is better than in their rural homes that don't offer any job at all. The accurate word here is "exploitation". They are exploited ruthlessly by Foxconn, to which the Chinese government gave green light to, then Apple, to which the American government gave green light to, then the retailers, then the consumers, who are also demanding the goods to be made "in an ethical manner". What a joke. It's like demanding poultry not shedding blood when harvested. We live in this dirty cycle and are all criminals in this regard, the keyboards we're typing with are made in the same fashion, not necessarily in the same factory but in the same region, by the same people. Better just shut up and be grateful to the hard work of these people, the only honorable thing in the whole mess.
Factory work is usually low skill. It’s the best option for people who lived rurally to transition to city life. They didn’t have great education to get better jobs. Companies like this will pay workers little because it’s such a small skill level. And of course it has a huge supply of man power.
The work conditions defiantly sucks but Chinese workers do often become rich because they acquired a ton of skills. Especially when they come to America. It sucks that we are teaching men can have periods while Asian third graders are studying advanced calculus. The younger work force are def getting those high tech skills.
I can’t seem to think, that this factory and company isn’t the only one with questionable working practices, probably the majority of factories in China have similar working conditions.
yup, a lot of factories like this in east and south east asia. it's almost unbelievable how many people are willing to work in terrible conditions. and the part about the managers yelling is no exaggeration. i used to work in a clothing distributor in taiwan, and the manager was just CONSTANTLY YELLING. we had no clocks so we would just stop and listen. if there was no yelling that means break time 😂 it always makes me laugh when people complain robots are taking our jobs, as if anyone wants to work there in the first place
@@beached1093exactly. Robots and AI will likely be revolutionary to the quality of life for all. Our biggest problems are overpopulation and all of these billions of people that want to overconsume. These machines could bring a golden age for humanity, in the best case scenario. Or It could, on the contrary, also cause a huge collapse. Guess we'll find out some day! 😂
@@ericzeng7833 Or just that's the reality we've all made. Ever since manufacturing has been mostly overseas, this is the result, and includes everyone's tech.
@@12vtbfx37 The way Apples products have all plastic outsides except the screen and that Apple makes greenwashing that is an obvious sign that it pollutes. Also Apple phones are designed to break quicklly so that you buy new ones, making more pollution.
@@insectbite1714 while a few products have all plastic outsides, the majority are metal and glass. iPhones are either aluminum or stainless steel sandwiched in glass. Macs are aluminum. iPads are aluminum. I believe Apple TV is plastic as well as many of their accessories, however that is not necessarily a bad thing. Additionally, their products (excluding cables) generally last a long time, at least as long if not longer than the competition. iPhones are almost alway supported for year longer than android devices, although android manufacturers have gotten better in recent years, they still generally do not quite match Apple. Their macs, especially with M1, generally last a long time as well. Excluding the butterfly keyboard issues that some users had, which were repaired/replaced.
@@kullzaf6266 no you asked if soldiers are slaves. It's different because people aspire to be soldiers nobody wants to be a phone manufacturer so if you sleep at your job work the whole day barely get paided anything doing something that you hate then yes that is slavery.
Karens on their iphones: "how dare the manager yell at these underpaid overworked factory workers~" Also Karens: yells at underpaid overworked restaurant workers
I use an iPhone and iPad because I wouldn't be able to adjust to android but I really dislike everything about apple and I can't believe how people carry on about Steve Jobs like he was some sort of messiah .
The NYU student wasn’t at that factory. He was at a totally different factory in Shanghai right next to my house. There are several other inaccuracies in this story.
@@KentoCommenT definitely not what the TH-cam channel wanted you to think at first, it's why they made a screenshot that shows Apple logo with Factory next to it (Apple Factory) and a title that says "Inside Apple's iPhone Factory" just so you click on it. He does explains that it's not Apple's factory but still manages to throw in, "what is Apple going to do" about their workers. smh
It’s a big bathroom with multiple (i don’t know how many) stalls and sinks and showers probably, very much like a dormitory. Although 8 people is crowded, sharing the same room sleeping in bonk beds is a pretty standard school/factory dorm setting. When I was in high school in China I slept in a 6-girl dorm room for a semester. It all comes down to cost, if you can afford single rooms or stay at home, great, but China is a country with big population so it’s not out of the ordinary to share space.
Apple should do so much better with workers in China! That’s a given. However, I thank GOD for these people to do the grueling work that they do for Americans to have an Apple product. My heart goes out to these workers. No matter what we may think or do, these are still human beings that deserve honesty, dignity and respect. I hope that things get better for them! Peace.
@@nimanixo if you can find Americans willing to work 12*6 a week standing on assembly lines with 300$ a month without pension nor insurance to make their business model afloat.
If you thankfully for them then send them a fine big cheque, however nice from you, but they not need pity but money, entertainment, better living conditions and food! Then you can make a nice youtube video and set an example what will be rewarding.
More Chinese people need to stand up for they're rights and fight the Evil C.C.P. because the way they are living is not living but slavery!!! I am proud of all the people that have had enough!!! Keep going!!! you are the power!!! 👍👍👍
😂😂😂fight evil CCP? 1, What's CCP has anything to do with this? is this a CCP factory? 2, if CCP collopse, all those workers won't have a job, China will end up like those post Arabic Spring country.
Did anybody see the nets that were below the dorm's windows. The workers were jumping out of the windows because death is better than screwing a iphone together.
not really. they are free to leave and there is no sort of abuse. yes it’s boring but you can’t compare that to slavery. working in a factory line in america probably isn’t much better
lmaoo sure dude. This is how the world works. How much value is your labour? In china, its not much. They're being treated quite well considering they only put in a screw.
Beats them starving half to death as subsistence farmers or migrating to even larger cities that may not have such positions available. We can’t view everywhere on earth through our western lenses.
People who come from farms and other industries and companies in China may think the working conditions are acceptable for the pay. I think if the staff complain there’s a problem and changes need to be made.
I remember I wrote a paper about this in college, and I'm so glad theirs actual investigative proof here. Not only do these factory workers have 12-18 hour shifts, but they also baraly get paid. They basically only get paid enough to be able to afford a meal, otherwise everything else is given and controlled by the factory management
@@jds6014 the world is not that beautiful，these labors are not well educated，they can earn more money in foxcom，and it is not prison，you can leave if you feel uncomfortable，if you think they are pity，why not let them come to USA and share the beautiful life with these labors。
Designed in California manufactured in China. Pretty sure many people would pay an additional 50$ for a phone if they were manufactured in America by people who are making a living wage.
I wish we had job opportunities like this in America. Im on the brink of being homeless even before Covid shutdowns. Literally no jobs where I live. Every thing takes 2 month plus to get a callback.
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@@Michael-zn2jc This type of exploitation is happening under Capitalism too. Proof both economic systems work proorly. A Social democracy is the best way forward. I would guess China also exercises "We have socialism for the for the rich and rugged Capitalism for everyone else" (- M.L. King Jr), unfair double standards.
@@Michael-zn2jc I fail to see how these are horrible. They're not good but not nearly as horrible as many other industries. Also I think you'd be surprise how many countries work 6 days a week. Is it normal in a so called developed nation....no....but it is for a lot of the world....even for the "good jobs" people need to start looking at reality and stop sensationalising things.
@@ryandesilva1206 Apple has 11% of the mobile market, the rest are mostly Asian companies (Xiaomi, Huawei, Samsung and Oppo). And Apple share is shrinking year after year 🤷♂️
@@arianitonline8748 China alone has 4 times more smartphones users than USA. Do you think China, Japan, Korea, South East Asia and India are not important markets for Apple?
Seriously?? THAT is your question after this report?? How about "do you think its ethical for Apple to employ this labour despite the lack of transparency and shady claims?"
The situation is the same in most factories in China, if the conditions improved and companies tried to keep the same profit margins you dd see people in the US unable to afford basic needs like clothes or enjoy what is now cheap and advanced technology, like 400$ laptops, 200$ phones, kitchen appliances, etc.. On the other hand many companies already operate near cost, you might see them making millions but when you sell a million devices every month, a few $ is what makes you millions of profit or you are out of business. Just entertain the idea of treating humans fairly and the entire lifestyle in the US would collapse as the cost of living would rise and companies would go out business fueling the collapse even further.
Yes but not really, a lot of the prices are just inflated because of its brand name. If companies didn't care so much about growth and maximizing profits then factory workers can have better conditions and wages without having to impact the prices of the product. it's easy to figure out when you realize almost all products across different brand names are all made in the same factories with the same materials.
You need cheap labour to pay the managers required to motivate them in increasing numbers as the work gets less fulfilling. This is Western production, Ford style, conducted Chinese fashion. Luxury goods, by marketing. Cheap goods, by manufacture. If people keep falling for the marketing hype on new products lacking genuine innovations then the manufacturing won't change. That applies across the board in consumerist goods. Consume less, of better design and longevity, and profits fall, but conditions may improve, or be produced in home markets.
@@dinostudios6579 That's too low. If produced in the US, you'll be looking at starting price of at least 3,000$, and I'm not joking. These workers get paid a fraction of what will be paid per hour here in the US. So you'd be looking at multiple of what the cheapest latest iphone currently cost.
@@KhoPhi Possibly true. In the US they’d probably be payed 10 dollars depending on the state, this makes their wages 3 times higher. But wages are only part of the cost to building phones.
Now I see why 2 of my iPhones broke down so quickly. Shame on you apple, treat your workers better and produce quality products. Employees and consumers should benefit equally, it’s not just about creating a hoard of useless products.
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Its not, even of it is then what's wrong. Better to be starved to death or get into criminal activities. And Hun apart of this they do studies too. It goes same as part time job culture in Wests.
I hope that work conditions improve so that people are not doing the boring stuff and that the automation can do most if not all of it. I also think that people may not only thrive creating but that ultimately that’s what people are more able to get into...using creative abilities. I mean this is true in the US. Standing and being on your feet all day and blipping somebody’s groceries one by one is very boring so I’m really happy to see the kiosks where we can check out our groceries and employees can do something more interesting.
Exceptional Stock performance (like Apple's performance) is usually a good indication of abuse of workers or other unlawful activity. There are not many if any corporations that have performed better on the stock market than Apple.
"High levels of turn over of staff"...sounds just like the factory I work in...in the UK! In factory work its normal. As someone mentioned, you put in robots for repetitive work.
I would love to see a break down of an iPhone cost....as in per part per component and labour and then see what is leftover for the stock holders....I think it would be 90% stock holders 10% manufacturing costs.
I'm not sure about the 11 and 12 models but I remember there being a huge thing a while back when the iphone Xs Bill Of Materials (BOM) cost was leaked. The Xs costs something like $314 to produce.
The variable cost of the product is relatively low compared to the sales price, but apple has enormous opperating costs which brings down their overall net profit margin to only around 20%.
Yeah definitely 90% stock holders. They pretty much invest 0% into innovations and new technologies. Wonder why people buy the Apple instead of the good old Nokia
The OT being forced or else you get fired is something that happens in the US too. I use to work a in cold storage dumping blueberries for 16hrs or 18hrs seven days a week for a month. They made us sign a paper asking if we wanted to stay for OT and who signed that they didn’t want to stay for OT we’re forced to stay or else they got fired.
@@mitchc552 that’s not the point they are making or the reason. It’s most likely because logistics would be harder to manage so it’s much easier to just have one person to the same thing all the time even though it might not be as relaxing. What you said is true about China not giving a choice in the way the government runs, but in this case, I’m 99% sure that this is the reason.
@@ryanmccaffery9027 agreed. It’s more productive to have one person with the exact screw placement in muscle memory than a bunch of people decently fast at the given task.
@@nathangreene3335 yeah, and I mean this isn't beneficial at all to the moral of the people and I honestly whish they did mix it up, but these companies put profits way ahead of anything else and honestly don't care about what the workers might want.
Bruh you are really exaggerating, I’m Chinese and I live totally fine WITHOUT think about shit like “be careful what you said, the government might shoot you!” or shit like that, this is not North Korea, dumb ass. The US make you think like that when they are the ones who wants to start a war with any country who has petrol.
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Because this is what the U,S press wants you to see
They just want to take their jobs back to the U.S. And then go crazy and smear China
All Android manufacturers use (almost) the same factories. So?
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Easily some of the most under appreciated people. Dull, mundane, unfulfilling work sucks. I hope conditions get better for them, and I wish them all the best.
I didn't really see manufacturing details, just some outside unprooven clips or worker's life environment
@@hcjet you dont have to see it. Hundreds of workers have testified to how the conditions are.
Well, at least they are employed and not collecting unemployment benefits or wasting their lives drinking alcohol or using drugs to exist as a mindless morons.
@Jack Bogusman you do realize that, in order to collect "our" unemployment benefits, a pers has to have been working for the period immediately prior to getting said benefits? Well, maybe you dont.
They pay into it also. So its "theirs" too. You sound like one of those spoiled kids on the playground who wont let anyone play with their toys.
Dude fuck that those jobs belong here in the US but you are going to tell me we don't have the capable people in this country what we don't have is people that are willing to work for pennies on the dollar and rightfully so can't live off that but there needs to be more incentive for these American companies to stay here and not go to China there is a massive workforce coming to this country on a daily God forbid you should train them no no send it overseas to China communist China the country that wants this country wiped out of course that makes a lot of sense FOH haters whiners bunch of **tches
Americans: OMG this is so wrong!
Meanwhile: Walmart and Amazon
Apple is American. What are you talking about? Without Walmart and Amazon, apple would not have so many sales. It's all about advertising pushes to Apple, without that they would be nothing. It's a fashion brand now, literally
Alright let me tell you. As a former Walmart employee it is not that bad. This is way worse.
@@abramhansen I worked there as an overnight stocker as a teen and it is modern day slavery.
@@dertythegrower *fashion brand* dude what? So youre saying people who choose iPhones dont choose it for the software integration and the hardware optimization but merely because of the Apple Logo? Dude go back to school
Usa is just a hot piece of capitalistic shit
You know it’s miserable when there’s freaking suicide nets.
Communism will do that
@@DSN262 apple is communist
@@DSN262 suicide rates are higher in the US btw. rising living costs combined with stagnant wages will do that.
@@pepejin genius
@DavidPfost-m8k nah that's cope. China reported way higher numbers in the past but quality of life improved so suicide rates went down.
That why those factory will never move back to US.
Moved already in other countries like Vietnam India Brazil other asean country's
You likely cant afford to own one iPhone if that's the case.
@@remmyjr8983 what?
@@remmyjr8983 there already 1000 fucking dollars?
@@talentpt holy shit
I've worked in various factories for 35 years often doing repetitive work from soldering electronics to assembly. It can be very satisfying if not pressured to produce more than your able. I remember once as a teenager a foreman assigned me to work with 12 women putting pins and springs into key locks. The more they produced as a group the more they got paid. These women would talk to each other without looking down to pick multiple lengths of pins and springs, place them into the cylinders and down the belt it would go till it got to my station. I fumbled repeatedly and had has so many parts on the floor that the line came to a stop and they all eyed me like devils. One lady shot out of her seat, stormed into the foreman's and had me removed. I looked at the clock, less than ten minutes had passed.
Yeah some people are crazy. They get so used to it that they think that speed is normal.
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Nice literary
I like how there is only a momentary showing of the suicide nets and not a word about them.
Yeah, it's probably nothing. Don't worry about it.
Your thinking of the wrong narrative, it can't have truth.
Suicide factory 🏭
I was about to comment on that 4:00
@Carbon Proksi im sorry but and i quote:
N A N I T H E F U C K did you just tell me?
4:02 the casual anti-suicide nets.
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didnt even notice that wow
Though they could be safety nets for genuine accidental falls (because they're tall dormitory flats).
so they can’t leave?
Media: “Why are there nets?”
The Factory owner: “People in China loves to parkour. So they added the nets so they can extend their parkour skills.”
Apple: *lectures the world about progressive ideologies*
World: So, are you gonna stop doing business with abusive companies now?
Apple: Well yes, but actually no!
I mean I see what you mean but apple is technically employing a few 100s of thousands of people in pretty fair working conditions compared to some horrible working conditions in other places. It may not be the best living conditions in the world but it still lets them live a life outside of pure poverty.
@@jayk.7622 another woke convenient apologist... Come to such countries and try living their lives.... You will forever thank heavens for having born into a western country
@@jayk.7622 Ah..Apple fanboy, I see. Kid, a subcontractor is in someway an extension of a company. So, by supporting and tolerating the labor practices of a subcontractor, the company is also supporting the abuse. The most laborious part of the process is in the manufacturing of the product so it is expected that in one way or another, an abuse will come out from the manufacturing side, not on distribution centers/apple stores where salesmen and managers have "fair working conditions". I can't believe I have to explain this.
@SP I can't believe Apple fanboys are this dumb that they immediately think almost every topic is about Apple vs Android phones.🤣🤣
@@jayk.7622 That’s exactly how control over a nation can be achieved. Everyone wants that sort of freedom....
Apple's price doesn’t depend on the cost, but depends on how much apple want to charge you customers for their brand😌
And how much customers are willing to pay.
@@larrybarnes1794 mainly this!
Apple squeeze as much as they can out of their customers. Anyone for 'the best ever Apple headphones' $550 headphones? No wonder they got rid of the headphone jack. Made billions out of airpods but not satisfied with $250 airpods they want even more hence Airpods Max, cost nearly €700 in EU.
@@larrybarnes1794 Exactly. A product is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it. If no one was willing to pay $1000 for an iPhone than Apple would lower the price regardless of cost. Look up how much Apple is willing pay you for upgrading your computer. I have a 2014 MacBook Pro that is loaded. Apple is willing to give me a whopping $90 for it. How generous of them.
Just like everything else
So they manufacture for everybody but the title says "Inside an Apple factory"? It's a Foxconn factory.
Great information nevertheless
exactly
he say that already but he said "iphone" for more peopke to watch
Title is misleading but the content corrects this because the title is how people will find the video.
More clicks = more awareness.
Ur not clicking if it says “inside foxconn factory”
@@Aethelbeorn that’s true but the only thing is that people think that apple is treating their employees harshly and that they are going to switch to android because of that. Which is bs as lots of androids are made at the same place
Edit: spelling mistakes
My brother is working at one of the electric factories like this. He chose to work there because he get paid. China has huge population, people want to work to support themselves and their family. There is no need to force anyone to work. It’s funny that so many people who have never been to China thought they know everything about China.
他们只是同情，出于想提高人的水平的角度，不是贬低和嘲笑中国人的工作环境肮脏
我是中国人，很多中国人干很多的活，拿着微薄的薪水，不干就滚蛋，这是事实，没什么不可以承认的；可怕的是被虐待了还要为统治者说话，活的像个人吧
A company or person who always shouts how "progressive!" and "virtuous!" they are, are almost always the opposite of that
Yes
Prove it
@@JackEstacio self proven
no they are the best
They shouldn’t need to say it in the first place if it was true
Behind every piece of new technology manufactured there is suffering somewhere in the world!
Only in the future will the Americans and Europeans take over this troubled work✌greetings from Germany
luckily I only live 50 years and don't notice anything
you are right. what do you think about my videos?
And still the features of the smartphone are not worth the suffering
@@Ciana_Baby yo moma
The only real alternative is full automation, but that will get rid of millions of jobs. Hopefully there will be a universal basic income some day.
Love how everyone is defending Apple in the comments
Literally
I used to live worse than this back in my home country. Me and my family where decently happy even though we didn’t have much money. It’s really not that bad when you’re ignorant of all the other pleasures of this world. You get use to it.
Can't help it. The world is filled with iSheep.
I think they stink just like China.
They don’t call them sheeple for nothing now
If I ran a factory with this scenario I’d train everyone to master at least two different stations, just to keep morale up and my employees engaged. You can be more productive if you’re invested in what you’re doing. 💯
Is it easy to get there job?? I want to work.
This shop is cruel and inhumane and regardless who runs it, its against Gods will and those who participate in its ventures will see no fruit, God is still mad about all the sparrows that the Asians killed
I am an engineer in Toyota and as part of our development program, we get to go and work as a member of the manufacturing plant for a month to experience Toyota Production System in action. I saw that each member on the assembly floor had expertise on two or more processes so that they could rotate from time to time, and they were also encouraged towards and rewarded for improvement ideas in the factory.
Agreed, it is an amazing feeling when you work with passion, precision and tranquility, can't imagine working in an environment as Apples factories or any factory like so.
The whole point of people only working one station is so they don’t learn how to build an iPhone for themselves or any other phone for that matter to not train the next competition
Let’s be honest every iPhone they produce provides Apple with a huge cash cow by overcharging customers and having a low paying work force.
yup... that’s how business works. same for mcdonald’s.. selling a large fry for $3 and costs $20 to make 500 pounds of fries.
You act like every other company does better than apple.
@@halochief3373 Samsung?
@@kalakalaiand3343 Samsung uses Foxconn too
@@kalakalaiand3343 I guess
This reminds me of my job at Amazon right here in CANADA. This isn't just a China problem.
but did you do overtime?
@@yt-sh yeah they have mandatory overtime more often than not
@@yt-sh at least where I’m from in the east coasts U.S
@@Vis-Light oh, did someone suicide?
Are you underage?
I love how apple and foxconn could provide fair conditions to these workers by sacrificing some of their revenue but just practice the highest cost the market allows and provide workers with the bear minimum. Inspiring :')
capitalism at its finest
To be more specific, Apple and their progressive customers care about THEIR country being progressive, outside of the US, they care minimally.
foxconn makes playstation xbox and camera plus computers
@@labadaba5088 false. incredibly false
Its not any better than samsung or any other phone company. In fact, they use a lot of the same companies. I work mandatory overtime on pane of being fired, and im in the Union in United Stated. I work a long boring tiring job. Thats life.
Very hard doing boring work like that. I once spent 6 months in a machine shop, on a Lathe, turning out the same item at 60 items/hour, I can still do it in my dreams.I hope they can improve their work opportunities.
He said "employees are bored" while showing employees taking a nap. Classic
perhaps he meant to say "tired" lol
@@nothajzl I doubt it
fact
Lol 😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Location: China
Workers: Children
Company: Taiwanese
Apple: American
Me: Confusion
Hotel?
@@caiocastro5823 TRIVAGO
@@sunflowerbloomsxx YOU ARE DAMN RIGHT
@@caiocastro5823 AYYYY
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These are only the nicest facilities they’re gunna show too.
I've personally been inside about fifteen factories in China. These are extremely normal.
D is my favorite reporter. Solid understanding of the complex and how it applies to our world. Nice work!
How is it possible that human labour is cheaper than robots or machines? Like why aren't iPhones assembled in Japan by robots? From my experience, Apple products always seem very high quality and assembled well. I had no idea that a person was assembling it. Which makes me think now it is remarkable that there are not more human error issues with their products.
calm down man why do you want to take our jobs away and give them to robots
6:35
because there's an oversupply of human labour
Im a dummy but didn't Marx write about how you can't exploit a machine so that alone won't make a surplus value or at least not as long as competitors are catching up with the automatization?
@@乐匠 You are absolutely right, it's a very futuristic idea and it will take some time before robots can take over human assembly works. Also before that time human labour will still be cheaper, these people also need a job. He has no idea how production in China works.
I've lived in a very poor country and honestly as bad as some of this seems to us, they're often just grateful to have a job. As long as it's not exploitative or harmful I think it's fine. If they had better options they would choose them, but if we remove all the bad options then they won't have any options left.
"Rare earth metals are totally not harmfull" -Apple
They make peanuts it IS exploitative...
@@PabloGonzalez-hv3td depends, relatively locally it's better than most jobs especially ppl from villages & the money does provide comfortable financial. compared to US it's probably less then 1/20 in terms of wage. both Apple & the Taiwan Foxconn make a massive margin in between which is just sickening when u look at the price of Apple products & its real costs...
Just because something is average like apples pay to its workers does not mean you should settle for it. A company like apple who’s worth more than a trillion and has Margin of more than 100% on a phone has the money to pay their workers USA minimum wage.
However, they would never as their goal is to maximize profit and minimize loss. Like most multi trillion dollar companies.
this is the comment i was looking for
The most scary thing is the net under the window so they can't commit suicide
Shutup bitch
Rt Nemmf live in your mansion while the remaining 7,000,000,000 live in money stress.
yeah sadly but true
I've lived in China for over 10 years, in factories and the education sector - and have never encountered a single suicide (direct knowledge of known through friends), except about a mother who took her life after a miscarriage.
This is unlike back home in Australia where I personally know 6 people (including my brother and my cousin) who took their lives - and know of many more than that through friends.
In my opinion, there's a suicide epidemic in western countries that does not exist in China (or other Asian countries)
This needs to be spoken out more, way more.
Exploited vietnamese and indian workers: feel same bro :(
Our indians won't be quite company need to provide what labour want and samsung knows it
Same in America, for food we use illegal mexican and the normal legal mexicans cannot afford to work there because you get such low pay (but in mexico, it would be considered 10x normal pay, below wage laws here in US)
@@mastergamingvt5385 apple also knows it!.
@@ri8176 but still they do this
Indians r not exploited they just want to get out of the country nd go to UAE or something they dont want to work here that it
Its not just apple but every other phone manufacturer, thats doing this
No shit
look at Apple's pricetag
@@P5Master Look at Samsung's pricetag... equally expensive.
@@charlesandjulien agreed 👍
@@charlesandjulien same sh!t
I'm so glad this topic was brought up because it's been going on for so long and more awareness is important. The more people know, the more likely companies are forced to change
Hmm not necessarily. Most of us are aware of forced Uyghur labour and exploitation, nothing substantial is happening. I think rather if more people know then there’s a higher possibility of someone doing something about it.
Hopefully the people working here can at least listen to music/podcasts
After work activities must be increased.. more entertainment, more xxx, more fantasy movies and games to keep the minds occupied.
Then stop using your phone
Ok but they lied about the conditions, is much worse than they said.
I used to work 12 hours a day, every day at a factory here in London... At the assembly line, closing the lid on skincare products, I had to wear 2 layers of latex gloves, because my hands were bleeding so badly. They forced people to do overtime in order to stay on target. I left after 8 months.
At least they still manufacture stuff in the UK.
Surprised you stayed that long 😮
I hope you are doing good now. ❤
@@SreejithSathyan-pp9cw thank you 🙏🏻 much better now
why u show a shot of hong kong when u were referring to zheng zhou. lol. misinformation.
LOL
It's just for the view and AdSense my friend
Whats the difference, most viewers wouldnt tell the difference
Broll
This guy found random clips from all over the place and pieced them together with narratives... and the narratives are just reading articles from all over the place too.
Zeng recited the English alphabet and got the job? Jeez😂
shocked me too. most americans would struggle.
Now for you to work in a Chinese factory you must now recite the Chinese alphabet🤣
@@sptzk7133 bruh there aint an alphabet system for chinese
ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ ok
calling it "english alphabet" lol those US experts
Pretty sure we call forced labor "slavery"
It’s not force
It’s called pressure work
Workers are free to leave the job
It's not forced labor. People ultimately flock to and stay in the factories because the pay is better than in their rural homes that don't offer any job at all. The accurate word here is "exploitation". They are exploited ruthlessly by Foxconn, to which the Chinese government gave green light to, then Apple, to which the American government gave green light to, then the retailers, then the consumers, who are also demanding the goods to be made "in an ethical manner". What a joke. It's like demanding poultry not shedding blood when harvested. We live in this dirty cycle and are all criminals in this regard, the keyboards we're typing with are made in the same fashion, not necessarily in the same factory but in the same region, by the same people. Better just shut up and be grateful to the hard work of these people, the only honorable thing in the whole mess.
Factory work is usually low skill. It’s the best option for people who lived rurally to transition to city life. They didn’t have great education to get better jobs. Companies like this will pay workers little because it’s such a small skill level. And of course it has a huge supply of man power.
Try working in the feilds with mexicans in america I guarantee you there are underage kids working there
Uh-
The work conditions defiantly sucks but Chinese workers do often become rich because they acquired a ton of skills. Especially when they come to America. It sucks that we are teaching men can have periods while Asian third graders are studying advanced calculus. The younger work force are def getting those high tech skills.
I can’t seem to think, that this factory and company isn’t the only one with questionable working practices, probably the majority of factories in China have similar working conditions.
bias
yup, a lot of factories like this in east and south east asia. it's almost unbelievable how many people are willing to work in terrible conditions. and the part about the managers yelling is no exaggeration. i used to work in a clothing distributor in taiwan, and the manager was just CONSTANTLY YELLING. we had no clocks so we would just stop and listen. if there was no yelling that means break time 😂 it always makes me laugh when people complain robots are taking our jobs, as if anyone wants to work there in the first place
@@beached1093exactly. Robots and AI will likely be revolutionary to the quality of life for all. Our biggest problems are overpopulation and all of these billions of people that want to overconsume. These machines could bring a golden age for humanity, in the best case scenario. Or It could, on the contrary, also cause a huge collapse. Guess we'll find out some day! 😂
@@ericzeng7833 Or just that's the reality we've all made. Ever since manufacturing has been mostly overseas, this is the result, and includes everyone's tech.
Every company does this it’s not just tech companies I mean like wtf have you seen Nike they have kids making there shitty shoes
4:02 you know ots bad when they have to install nets to prevent people from killing themselves
That’s done on bridges in europe as well
The also have bars on windows
Can't they just jump off the net? Or...?
Hoodie but then I think it's closer to the ground so doesn't have the same effect as falling from higher - so sad in theory
@@matter7180 very rare
Not very surprising, looks like your average production line
No, it is filthy and polluting and they wear disposable cloths
@@insectbite1714 filthy and polluting Where did you see it?
@@12vtbfx37 The way Apples products have all plastic outsides except the screen and that Apple makes greenwashing that is an obvious sign that it pollutes. Also Apple phones are designed to break quicklly so that you buy new ones, making more pollution.
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@@insectbite1714 while a few products have all plastic outsides, the majority are metal and glass. iPhones are either aluminum or stainless steel sandwiched in glass. Macs are aluminum. iPads are aluminum. I believe Apple TV is plastic as well as many of their accessories, however that is not necessarily a bad thing. Additionally, their products (excluding cables) generally last a long time, at least as long if not longer than the competition. iPhones are almost alway supported for year longer than android devices, although android manufacturers have gotten better in recent years, they still generally do not quite match Apple. Their macs, especially with M1, generally last a long time as well. Excluding the butterfly keyboard issues that some users had, which were repaired/replaced.
One day you are chasing butterflies in the countryside, the next day soldering new phones you will never be able to afford.
Lol you make slave labor sound so great in this video. Good job! Really progressive!
Real progressivism is a sham by politicians anyways so it’s honest.
Cast the stone if you don't own _anything_ at least partially made in a third world nation.
@Illegal Lettuce”most the workers sleep at the facility”
@@kullzaf6266 if there are forced to then yes
@@kullzaf6266 no you asked if soldiers are slaves. It's different because people aspire to be soldiers nobody wants to be a phone manufacturer so if you sleep at your job work the whole day barely get paided anything doing something that you hate then yes that is slavery.
It reminds me of Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times.”
Metropolis ... nearly 100 years old.
That was in wwar time this is even after cold war and globalization
did not improve
Ah yes I see a man of culture as well.
Karens on their iphones: "how dare the manager yell at these underpaid overworked factory workers~"
Also Karens: yells at underpaid overworked restaurant workers
thats Americans too
I use an iPhone and iPad because I wouldn't be able to adjust to android but I really dislike everything about apple and I can't believe how people carry on about Steve Jobs like he was some sort of messiah .
The NYU student wasn’t at that factory. He was at a totally different factory in Shanghai right next to my house. There are several other inaccuracies in this story.
perfect clickbait, let‘s just ignore that nearly every other smartphone manufacturer assembles their phones in the exact same factory
But other companies don't act as holy as Apple
@@gatousakhel6206 meaningless statement.
@SP they act holy but not as holy
@@gatousakhel6206 Glad you have plenty of _unholy_ options that just plainly exploit their workers?
@@theolich4384 what???
First of, Apple doesn’t have a factory. these factories make products for all tech giants.
Second this is a fairly normal production line, And the working conditions are normal idk what people is shocked about
Wasn't both these points said in the video?
@@carlitoxb110 Normal for Chinese people, definitely not for westerners. Those are not good working conditions.
@@carlitoxb110 well, idk dude... 1 bathroom for 200 workers? Living in dorms like that, I wouldn't wish to live and work there
@@KentoCommenT definitely not what the TH-cam channel wanted you to think at first, it's why they made a screenshot that shows Apple logo with Factory next to it (Apple Factory) and a title that says "Inside Apple's iPhone Factory" just so you click on it. He does explains that it's not Apple's factory but still manages to throw in, "what is Apple going to do" about their workers. smh
Chinese employees get paid like crap, while apple makes 90% profits. Something is wrong.
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Hi
Cheap Labour= Expensive product
@@Sami_Abbas These workers earn $800-$1000 a month
If this is Cheap Labour I guess 70% of the world is Cheap Labour
They are entirely too biased to be a news channel but you can still get some good info out of their videos
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One bathroom for two hundred people, is abuse in the extreme.
well its not a house bathroom xD
Ya not a household bathroom, but a large scale bathroom with 30 toilet and 20 shower rooms (like those in a big gym).
It’s a big bathroom with multiple (i don’t know how many) stalls and sinks and showers probably, very much like a dormitory. Although 8 people is crowded, sharing the same room sleeping in bonk beds is a pretty standard school/factory dorm setting. When I was in high school in China I slept in a 6-girl dorm room for a semester. It all comes down to cost, if you can afford single rooms or stay at home, great, but China is a country with big population so it’s not out of the ordinary to share space.
So you go to your local YMCA or gym and you'll see 200 people share "one bathroom".
Apple should do so much better with workers in China! That’s a given. However, I thank GOD for these people to do the grueling work that they do for Americans to have an Apple product. My heart goes out to these workers. No matter what we may think or do, these are still human beings that deserve honesty, dignity and respect. I hope that things get better for them! Peace.
foxconn too
They should be hiring Americans and have a factory in the US
@@nimanixo if you can find Americans willing to work 12*6 a week standing on assembly lines with 300$ a month without pension nor insurance to make their business model afloat.
@@nimanixo yeah let's see what American works for 1$ per hour, with mandatory unpaid overtime 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If you thankfully for them then send them a fine big cheque, however nice from you, but they not need pity but money, entertainment, better living conditions and food! Then you can make a nice youtube video and set an example what will be rewarding.
More Chinese people need to stand up for they're rights and fight the Evil C.C.P. because the way they are living is not living but slavery!!! I am proud of all the people that have had enough!!! Keep going!!! you are the power!!! 👍👍👍
😂😂😂fight evil CCP?
1, What's CCP has anything to do with this? is this a CCP factory?
2, if CCP collopse, all those workers won't have a job, China will end up like those post Arabic Spring country.
Did anybody see the nets that were below the dorm's windows. The workers were jumping out of the windows because death is better than screwing a iphone together.
Really? :(
Yup
Horrible how they treat their people
This is how modern-age slavery looks like.
And Apple is one of the biggest slave owners.
not really. they are free to leave and there is no sort of abuse. yes it’s boring but you can’t compare that to slavery. working in a factory line in america probably isn’t much better
No one is forced to work at Apple
@@kayliejoye5158 yeah
lmaoo sure dude. This is how the world works. How much value is your labour? In china, its not much. They're being treated quite well considering they only put in a screw.
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apple products are just the most expensive made in china items. one cannot make profits without hiring cheap labour.
Thumbnail image never appears in video..
The thumbnail is a chicken factory not a phone factory. You can Google "Deda chicken factory" and you'll find the pic
It's called *clickbait*
Fire whoever is responsible.
@@pulkitmohta8964 good now I don’t gotta watch this😂I’m at 0:02
7:02 to keep costs competitive? what kind of measure is used to place apple products on competitive price range?
Samsung is literally more expensive then iPhone
Using an iPhone, I feel Iike I’ve played apart in this horrible process
You have, supply and demand.
You have not
Beats them starving half to death as subsistence farmers or migrating to even larger cities that may not have such positions available. We can’t view everywhere on earth through our western lenses.
@@vrj111 they are it you don’t hear of offer employees killing themselves
Unfortunately you are correct.
People who come from farms and other industries and companies in China may think the working conditions are acceptable for the pay. I think if the staff complain there’s a problem and changes need to be made.
I think the better idea is don’t change your devices so often if it’s not necessary.
I remember I wrote a paper about this in college, and I'm so glad theirs actual investigative proof here. Not only do these factory workers have 12-18 hour shifts, but they also baraly get paid. They basically only get paid enough to be able to afford a meal, otherwise everything else is given and controlled by the factory management
That thumbnail was heartbreaking
why the cover of this video reminds me of squid game lmao
Alternate Title: The Inside the i Sweatshop
Is this Amazon in the US or apple? I missed the title
Lmao
i got lost in this recommendation Wtf
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Comment sent from an iPhone
They don’t show you the slave weavers in the other factory.
you can shut up，if iPhone is made in USA，you loser can not afford it，got it？
@@lionl2593 exactly they act as if they are high end guys
@@lionl2593 SLAVE LABOR
@@jds6014 the world is not that beautiful，these labors are not well educated，they can earn more money in foxcom，and it is not prison，you can leave if you feel uncomfortable，if you think they are pity，why not let them come to USA and share the beautiful life with these labors。
@@lionl2593 I don’t care where you are from slave labor isn’t beautiful, it wasn’t when we did it (USA) and it isn’t now where China does it.
Why are you including a scene of Hong Kong (1:33) when you're talking about Zhengzhou?
The information sounds so fake too!!!
@@alvakwok8182 rising cases
Designed in California manufactured in China. Pretty sure many people would pay an additional 50$ for a phone if they were manufactured in America by people who are making a living wage.
I wish we had job opportunities like this in America. Im on the brink of being homeless even before Covid shutdowns. Literally no jobs where I live. Every thing takes 2 month plus to get a callback.
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Not that I’m defending Apple, but didn’t they say that the factory assembled several brands of phones?
It’s not a secret that the employees are treated horribly and it’s a common practice. It’s not okay though.
@@Michael-zn2jc This type of exploitation is happening under Capitalism too. Proof both economic systems work proorly. A Social democracy is the best way forward.
I would guess China also exercises "We have socialism for the for the rich and rugged Capitalism for everyone else" (- M.L. King Jr), unfair double standards.
@@Michael-zn2jc I fail to see how these are horrible. They're not good but not nearly as horrible as many other industries.
Also I think you'd be surprise how many countries work 6 days a week. Is it normal in a so called developed nation....no....but it is for a lot of the world....even for the "good jobs" people need to start looking at reality and stop sensationalising things.
Video: 'for the appetite of the west'
Reality: One of each 3 iphones is bought in Asia... and this will increase.
Pretty sure the profits are going to the west lol
Whilst Asia makes up 60% of the world’s population.
@@ryandesilva1206 Apple has 11% of the mobile market, the rest are mostly Asian companies (Xiaomi, Huawei, Samsung and Oppo). And Apple share is shrinking year after year 🤷♂️
2/3 of the population buying 1/3 of the products! See a pattern here? Yes, exactly. For the appetite of the west
@@arianitonline8748 China alone has 4 times more smartphones users than USA. Do you think China, Japan, Korea, South East Asia and India are not important markets for Apple?
Seriously?? THAT is your question after this report?? How about "do you think its ethical for Apple to employ this labour despite the lack of transparency and shady claims?"
me watching this on my iphone...
Yeeeaaahhh me too.
If you're enjoying your iPhone you're also guilty and in support of this cheap labour.
@@feelaliveagain2763 What are you watching on?
@@feelaliveagain2763 what phone do you use
Rip jack ma
The situation is the same in most factories in China, if the conditions improved and companies tried to keep the same profit margins you dd see people in the US unable to afford basic needs like clothes or enjoy what is now cheap and advanced technology, like 400$ laptops, 200$ phones, kitchen appliances, etc..
On the other hand many companies already operate near cost, you might see them making millions but when you sell a million devices every month, a few $ is what makes you millions of profit or you are out of business.
Just entertain the idea of treating humans fairly and the entire lifestyle in the US would collapse as the cost of living would rise and companies would go out business fueling the collapse even further.
Yes but not really, a lot of the prices are just inflated because of its brand name. If companies didn't care so much about growth and maximizing profits then factory workers can have better conditions and wages without having to impact the prices of the product. it's easy to figure out when you realize almost all products across different brand names are all made in the same factories with the same materials.
@@beached1093 by "brand name" that includes paying designers, researchers, stores, etc. The raw costs of an iPhone are not the only costs.
"not better or worse than other chinese factories", ok that's quite concerning
You need cheap labour to pay the managers required to motivate them in increasing numbers as the work gets less fulfilling. This is Western production, Ford style, conducted Chinese fashion. Luxury goods, by marketing. Cheap goods, by manufacture. If people keep falling for the marketing hype on new products lacking genuine innovations then the manufacturing won't change. That applies across the board in consumerist goods. Consume less, of better design and longevity, and profits fall, but conditions may improve, or be produced in home markets.
@@vrj111 ive done lots of manual labor jobs in the US, china seems to have less protection and regulations around workers.
Imagine how much each iPhone is if it is produced in the US?
Would probably be something like 1,500-2,000
Yeah but Americans who would make the iPhones would bring great jobs to the states. They’d pay amazingly.
@@dinostudios6579 That's too low. If produced in the US, you'll be looking at starting price of at least 3,000$, and I'm not joking.
These workers get paid a fraction of what will be paid per hour here in the US. So you'd be looking at multiple of what the cheapest latest iphone currently cost.
@@KhoPhi Possibly true. In the US they’d probably be payed 10 dollars depending on the state, this makes their wages 3 times higher. But wages are only part of the cost to building phones.
Who cares only morons buy these trash products anyway.
Now I see why 2 of my iPhones broke down so quickly. Shame on you apple, treat your workers better and produce quality products. Employees and consumers should benefit equally, it’s not just about creating a hoard of useless products.
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It’s sad seeing and hearing the conditions the people are facing - and I’m here watching this on an iPhone (probably made there) :(
So this is how modern day slavery looks like.
What? It's a job that they apply for, and can quit. So you also say anyone working in Walmart in the USA is a slave?
So my iPhone is made by a 14 year old 😥 and me here don't even know how to past the apple stickers.
Boo hoo
16~25 years old
@@bingchi8677 Some were caught being 14, rewatch the video
Its not, even of it is then what's wrong. Better to be starved to death or get into criminal activities. And Hun apart of this they do studies too. It goes same as part time job culture in Wests.
@@Liftium their point still stands
I hope that work conditions improve so that people are not doing the boring stuff and that the automation can do most if not all of it. I also think that people may not only thrive creating but that ultimately that’s what people are more able to get into...using creative abilities. I mean this is true in the US. Standing and being on your feet all day and blipping somebody’s groceries one by one is very boring so I’m really happy to see the kiosks where we can check out our groceries and employees can do something more interesting.
I wonder if you will feel the same if automation or ai replaces you.
cant believe all the components are assembled with hands, not machine. my life is a lie
"People who are serious about software should make their own hardware"
- Alan Kay and Steve Jobs
"People who are serious about design should make their own factory"
- Paul
Let’s work I’m ready
Haha fun
“Most employees will perform one task repeatedly... this could be as INTERESTING as...” how tf could that be in any form interesting lol
It's all about greed and power. Anything else you hear is just PURE Hypocrisy.
Netflix would have turned this into a 6-hour time suck - thank you for making such an informational, fact-forward, concise video!
10year ago. i was work 4years at foxconn, ,today i am in the australia.
Exceptional Stock performance (like Apple's performance) is usually a good indication of abuse of workers or other unlawful activity. There are not many if any corporations that have performed better on the stock market than Apple.
Good luck "bringing light" to anything now anymore, let alone "constructive discussions with the relevant congressional staff" by Apple, fb or ccp...
"High levels of turn over of staff"...sounds just like the factory I work in...in the UK! In factory work its normal. As someone mentioned, you put in robots for repetitive work.
Addictive channel 😂.
Me: try trying to click away.
Techvision: hey, look at Apple massive headquarters.
Me: ok, just this one.........
Hahaha😂
I would love to see a break down of an iPhone cost....as in per part per component and labour and then see what is leftover for the stock holders....I think it would be 90% stock holders 10% manufacturing costs.
I'm not sure about the 11 and 12 models but I remember there being a huge thing a while back when the iphone Xs Bill Of Materials (BOM) cost was leaked. The Xs costs something like $314 to produce.
The variable cost of the product is relatively low compared to the sales price, but apple has enormous opperating costs which brings down their overall net profit margin to only around 20%.
Apple has to pay their employees at Cupertino and that is a huge expense.
@@TrollMeister_ not in comparison to profits
Yeah definitely 90% stock holders. They pretty much invest 0% into innovations and new technologies. Wonder why people buy the Apple instead of the good old Nokia
That’s it. I’m dragging out my Nokia 3310 built by cavemen
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It’s crazy that your phone was probably made in China for less then £50 and is sold for over £1000
That's an iPhone iShit for you
What about development process?
U r dumb
50 bucks to manufacture,.. Billions to engineer...
@@OregunAdventure still, that's (a lot) more profit than it's should
The OT being forced or else you get fired is something that happens in the US too.
I use to work a in cold storage dumping blueberries for 16hrs or 18hrs seven days a week for a month. They made us sign a paper asking if we wanted to stay for OT and who signed that they didn’t want to stay for OT we’re forced to stay or else they got fired.
You have a union
There’s gotta be better schedules: work there 1 day, one day delivering pizza, another day whatever you like. ✌🏻
You don’t get a choice in communist China you do what the state tells you to do on penalty of death
@@mitchc552 that’s not the point they are making or the reason. It’s most likely because logistics would be harder to manage so it’s much easier to just have one person to the same thing all the time even though it might not be as relaxing. What you said is true about China not giving a choice in the way the government runs, but in this case, I’m 99% sure that this is the reason.
@@ryanmccaffery9027 agreed. It’s more productive to have one person with the exact screw placement in muscle memory than a bunch of people decently fast at the given task.
@@nathangreene3335 yeah, and I mean this isn't beneficial at all to the moral of the people and I honestly whish they did mix it up, but these companies put profits way ahead of anything else and honestly don't care about what the workers might want.
Bruh you are really exaggerating, I’m Chinese and I live totally fine WITHOUT think about shit like “be careful what you said, the government might shoot you!” or shit like that, this is not North Korea, dumb ass. The US make you think like that when they are the ones who wants to start a war with any country who has petrol.
This is great! So mind blowing the process to make every day stuff on such a large scale
The thumbnail looked like it was a bubble gum factory lol....😂😂😂