Foxconn, makers of the iPhone as well as products for Sony, Nokia, Dell and Hewlett Packard, plans to automate much of its manufacturing load.
Last year they doubled wages after more than a dozen workers at its plant in southern China committed suicide. It was so bad, the factory had to install suicide nets from the rafters.
Now, after more reported suicides, the company has decided to increase its automated workforce from 10,000 robots to a million in 3 years. Hey, it's easier than raising wages again!
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2 comments:
If they pay their robots enough it may buy one of their iphones. The question will be will they ever learn to use it enough to interest cellular provider companies. This is what we call counter productive. When everyone or at least a large portion of manufactuers starts using almost exclusively robots who will buy their product of good and services? I think the human race is about the only specy that is self destructive in the long term.
You're right. They will have to pay the robots so someone will afford to buy the phones!
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