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52. Their products seem to have declined in quality as well.

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 07:27 PM

Jan 2012

Computer hardware reviewers are a dependably picky bunch, often refusing to even acknowledge mediocre, under-performing, and/or buggy hardware.

Foxconn hasn't made a motherboard worthy of review by Anandtech in three years.

Perhaps ominously, the last Foxconn board Anandtech reviewed was the defective Foxconn Blood Rage.

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Hundreds of Foxconn employees threaten suicide [View all] Lars77 Jan 2012 OP

You have to threaten suicide to get a pay raise. Wow. fasttense Jan 2012 #1

The last wave of Foxconn suicides was a major PR disaster Lars77 Jan 2012 #4

Yeah...it kind of hurts the "brand" when your wageslaves start killing themselves... Ken Burch Jan 2012 #57

But they still didn't get the raise... 1monster Jan 2012 #22

In this case, it's more like "let the cake break their fall". Ken Burch Jan 2012 #58

If the future of America is in the corporatist's hands, we'll be the next China. HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #2

It is Lasher Jan 2012 #13

Too Late Shadowflash Jan 2012 #15

Canada? I thought they were immune from all these shenanigans! MADem Jan 2012 #20

You would have thought.... Shadowflash Jan 2012 #23

Shadowflash is referring to a particularly ugly dispute going on in Ontario right now Posteritatis Jan 2012 #48

Immune? quakerboy Jan 2012 #59

Well, I was being a bit ironic. MADem Jan 2012 #60

Odd. quakerboy Jan 2012 #61

I don't think there are any escape hatches, anymore. MADem Jan 2012 #64

That is just horrific... RevStPatrick Jan 2012 #3

They are overpaid according to our corporate execs... rfranklin Jan 2012 #5

It is absolutely meaningless simply to compare numbers dickthegrouch Jan 2012 #25

Go to Haiti and then talk to me...you will be aghast at what you see... rfranklin Jan 2012 #46

2000 is more in line with the average, but still a little below the average. Suji to Seoul Jan 2012 #34

This is the business model corporitists want to imort into the US. baldguy Jan 2012 #6

This, is the republican dream!!! Wake up, all Americans, this is what they RKP5637 Jan 2012 #7

ah yes...but no. BeHereNow Jan 2012 #28

Yeah, I'm concluding many are pretty lame, moreover, they seem proud of it ... I told RKP5637 Jan 2012 #36

I thought this line was a joke when I first read it maggiesfarmer Jan 2012 #8

They did it before at one of their other factories Mnpaul Jan 2012 #54

Foxconn is humongous Canuckistanian Jan 2012 #55

Am I the only one who thinks its crazy to commit suicide over your job? dkf Jan 2012 #9

Am I the only one who thinks its crazy to commit suicide over your job? AlbertCat Jan 2012 #10

They are slave labor. If they report to the government union (other unions are illegal) Hissyspit Jan 2012 #32

many employees have a portion of their wages go back to their families. madrchsod Jan 2012 #11

We are talking about China. Foxconn workers are basically at the mercy of the corporate overlords think Jan 2012 #14

90o Kuai a month? Suji to Seoul Jan 2012 #33

I have a lot to learn about China and the economic realities there. Thank you for your input think Jan 2012 #38

More to your point the workers know that to protest en masse could be tantamount to suicide as well. think Jan 2012 #17

Given the choice of slavery, starvation in shame or suicide, some people would opt for the latter. Lars77 Jan 2012 #19

There is nothing wrong with them. They are slave labor. Hissyspit Jan 2012 #27

A man collapsed dead last year in that factory after working 34 hours straight. ChadwickHenryWard Jan 2012 #37

Looks to me as though we need a Chinese Charles Dickens to answer these question. nt patrice Jan 2012 #41

Why is it automatically the workers who are at fault? (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2012 #49

When it's the only kind of job you can get Canuckistanian Jan 2012 #56

This is what happens when labor is not allowed to organize duhneece Jan 2012 #12

China practices The Wizard Jan 2012 #16

did anyone listen to this past sunday's "This American Life"? They did a piece on Javaman Jan 2012 #18

Not yet. Thank you for mentioning it. think Jan 2012 #21

I could hug you!!! dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 #26

Thanks! hootinholler Jan 2012 #51

Yes. It was devastating. EVERYONE who sees this post should click on that link Hissyspit Jan 2012 #30

I heard most of this as well and was shocked Tsiyu Jan 2012 #42

Just listened to the entire show Daphne08 Jan 2012 #53

One of THE BEST shows they've ever done. Links-> paparush Jan 2012 #44

YES! It was fascinating,then shocking, then deeply saddening! FailureToCommunicate Jan 2012 #63

Sadly, this is already here if you are over 40. joanbarnes Jan 2012 #24

Is it the bottom yet? Festivito Jan 2012 #29

Rather common here. No law prevents it so it happens all the time Suji to Seoul Jan 2012 #31

Foxconn and Robots. Fokker Trip Jan 2012 #35

About freaking time. boppers Jan 2012 #67

Buy American! humblebum Jan 2012 #39

Xbox 360? Wondering if anyone will ask John Huntsman about this publicly. nt patrice Jan 2012 #40

But by all means keep investing in the stock market raouldukelives Jan 2012 #43

Suicides - not just for Apple anymore meegbear Jan 2012 #45

Well.. that's certainly a strong poker face.. Corruption Winz Jan 2012 #47

I wonder who buys all that stuff made in China anyway? just1voice Jan 2012 #50

Apple fanboys and girls, too. nt Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #62

Their products seem to have declined in quality as well. sofa king Jan 2012 #52

Foxconn CEO, Billionaire Terry Gou, threatens suicide... ChromeFoundry Jan 2012 #65

The people of other countries SnakeEyes Jan 2012 #66