WHY THEY JUMP TO LEAVE?

13 young workers chose death ,why ?

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1.About FOXCOON2.Backgroud of the event3.Reback to the event4.Causes analysis5.Take some action

FOXCONN

the world's largest manufacturer of electronics and computer parts

Foxconn employs about 800,000 workers in 12 factories dotted across nine cities on the mainland.

In two of its major Shenzhen plants, there are about 500,000 workers.

The Foxconn suicides occurred between January and November 2010, when eighteen Foxconn employees attempted suicide with fourteen deaths.

Background

News report

Foxconn worker plunges to death at China plant: report

HONG KONG | Fri Nov 5, 2010 6:05am EDT

http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/11/05/us-china-foxconn-death-idUSTRE6A41M920101105

Struggle for Foxconn girl who wanted to dieMimi Lau in Wuhan, HubeiDec 15, 2010http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/Struggle-for-Foxconn-girl-who-wanted-to-die

There is no guarantee the rehabilitation treatment, costing more than 300 yuan (HK$349.50) a day, will ever see the 17-year-old walk again. She tried to leap to her death at Foxconn's main factory complex in Shenzhen in March.

She was the fourth Foxconn worker across the country to attempt suicide this year, the youngest, and one of only four survivors. Up to last month, 14 others, aged from 18 to 25, had died.

The dead are no longer able to say what was troubling them, but Tian offers a glimpse of life inside the plant, home to more than 200,000 workers.

"I had never been to Shenzhen's city centre and just stayed inside the plant," she said. "Foxconn is a very large factory with many people. But people are cold there. Friendly chit-chat is not common."

After basic training, Tian took on her first job. It was not terribly technical, just inspecting computer screens for surface defects. But she was only given a few seconds on each screen before the next rushed along the production line, and the monotonous process continued for 10 hours a day.

She says it was almost impossible to make friends at the factory because of its round-the-clock, military-style training and discipline.

The basic wage was 900 yuan and she was expecting a few hundred more for overtime.

"I went from office to office by myself but no one would point me in the right direction," Tian said. "They all brushed me away, telling me to go ask someone else."

It turned into an afternoon of frustration and humiliation. "I was so angry that my mind went blank," Tian said. "Why was it so hard to get what I'd earned? Why must they torture me like this? I felt so bad at the time, and I didn't want to be insulted any more so I went home." With no money left, she walked back to her dormitory and cried herself to sleep without dinner. Her dormitory mates were on night shift and there was no one she could turn to to unburden herself. The next morning she jumped from the dormitory to escape her utter helplessness.

Foxconn's competitive advantages stem from the award-winning eCMMS business model and an unique Foxconnian culture. By defining herself as a service company rather than a manufacturing concern, Foxconn defines company products as Speed, Quality, Engineering Services, Flexibility and Monetary Cost Saving. Foxconnians devote to customer's long term success and pride in our hardworking culture.

Low paid but heavy loaded

Lack of communication & care

No support organization

Low paid but heavily loaded

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Profit sourceManagement method

Heavy load

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