Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
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Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
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#2I find Steve Jobs repellent, but he was once committed to manufacturing hardware in the United States.
The minor undercurrent of criticism since his passing has been Apple's manufacturing vendors in Asia. Forgotten is the drag on NeXT by its decision to build a factory in Fremont, CA. It was way overbuilt, and sucked up a lot of the money fronted by Canon and Ross Perot to keep NeXT alive while it was largely unable to sell much of anything.
http://allaboutstevejobs.com/pics/places/fremont/place/light...
Re: Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
#3Hopefully the story is more honest than the title, since Foxconn is less an "Apple factory" than it is the company that pretty much assembles all of the best electronic devices in the world (at least according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn#Clients).
Re: Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
#4Hopefully the story is more honest than the title, since Foxconn is less an "Apple factory" than it is the company that pretty much assembles all of the best electronic devices in the world (at least according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn#Clients ).
The story is told by a self-described Apple fanboy, but he does explain that Foxconn isn't only making products for Apple.
Re: Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
#5Hopefully the story is more honest than the title, since Foxconn is less an "Apple factory" than it is the company that pretty much assembles all of the best electronic devices in the world (at least according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn#Clients ).
Yep, it's the 5th largest employer in the world.
And it got hit by the recession really hard. They reduced the workforce by over 300.000 people. That's a lot of pink slips.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_employers
Re: Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
#6Hopefully the story is more honest than the title, since Foxconn is less an "Apple factory" than it is the company that pretty much assembles all of the best electronic devices in the world (at least according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn#Clients ).
Not that it matters but the show's original title was "Where Your Crap Comes From."
Re: Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory
#7Hopefully the story is more honest than the title, since Foxconn is less an "Apple factory" than it is the company that pretty much assembles all of the best electronic devices in the world (at least according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn#Clients ).
It’s a clever way of framing it. Apple has become this huge and powerful entity and they are very much unlike every other technology company out there.
If you list all the companies or pick another one that’s not Apple they will just say noncommittal nice things and try to shift responsibility away from them. “But we have to do this to stay competitive, everyone else does!” “We have even stricter guidelines for our suppliers than our competitors!” “Have you tried looking at this other company?”
Apple is extremely successful, extremely rich and always in the Spotlight. They are the most likely company to actually do something to improve conditions.
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#8This isn't as exciting, but along the same lines, I once spied on the people repairing my MBP: http://ecritters.biz/applecarefacility/
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#9Brilliant and incredibly sad storytelling.
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#10"There are 20 cafeterias at the Foxconn plant. Now you just need to visualize a cafeteria that holds 10,000 people."
I'm still trying.
This story tells you everything you already know, but makes you really realize it. Like you should play it once a month to remind yourself of what we all conveniently forget.
edit It's more likely the cafeterias seat only 4,000. I guess that's better.