A Chinese iPhone factory worker says he saw a colleague have his pay reduced for spending too much time drinking water, report says
A man who worked in a Chinese factory assembling the iPhone 14 witnessed a colleague getting his pay reduced for spending too long drinking water, a report said. nonprofit tech publication Rest of WorldHunter told Rest of World he had worked in a number of roles at the plant over more than a decade, and that his last assignment included working on the iPhone 14 Pro assembly line last year. He worked 10-hours shifts and had to assemble 600 iPhones every day.
His every move inside the factory was monitored by the"xianzhang" – or line leaders – who frequently reprimanded people, he said. Hunter told Rest of World he had a strict hour-long lunch break and if he had to go to the toilets, he would need to make up for the lost time.He witnessed a colleague get a pay cut for taking too long to drink water, while another was shouted at for completing only 40 tasks in an hour when others had managed 60.
Hunter, while rarely the target of the line leaders, told the nonprofit publication he hated the humiliation endured at work and felt he was stripped of his"rights and dignity" – but the paycheck helped him keep it together. Rest of World reported that if new recruits worked 10-hour shifts for six days a week, they could make more than 10,000 yuan a month – or $1,474.
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