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Photos of Chinese Sweatshop Used By Microsoft

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-buy-local-farm-raised-mice dept.

MongooseCN has a follow-up to last week's Chinese Sweatshop story. He says "The image Microsoft doesn't want you to see: Too tired to stay awake. These Chinese workers earn just 34p an hour (about 52 cents in US dollars), work 15-hour shifts, and deal with other abuses to package US-made products."

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  1. Is it really that different than programming? by xtal · · Score: 0, Redundant

    When I was programming, 16+ hour days were common.. as was sleeping at a desk.

    While I am certainly not proposing abuses of the same magnitude, it would be interesting to see inflation and real dollar adjusted comparisons.

    I'm also quite certain Apple et. al are no better.

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    ..don't panic
  2. Srsly by ShadowDragoonFTW · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Srsly. I saw this on Overclock.net last week...

  3. Re:Who cares? by c6gunner · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Thank you. That was epic. I don't think I could ever have explained it half as well.