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FOXCONN SUICIDE
13 Consecutive Jumps
Background Information
The world’s leading electronics manufacturer.
Ranks 112th among Global fortune 500 companies
Has a workforce of 900,000 workers all over China
Took over 44% of the global revenue of the entire electronics manufacturing and services industry in 2009
Background Information
Background Information
Working hours Excessive overtime: work for 12 houre a day ,only h
ave a rest day every 13 days Sometimes, overtime work in a month is 140 hours.
No rest day at all. Deduction of overtime premium: if the monthly ov
ertime work is more than 80 hours, overtime work beyond 80 hours is not recognized.
Background Information
Wage The basic wage of frontline workers at Foxc
onn is about 1000 yuan, which is just slightly more than minimum wage.
Basic wage is far below living wage
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs
Physiological needs Can be satisfied indirectly by money
earned from jobs.
If they don’t work overtime, they just can get the base salary about 900 Yuan, which is not enough to satisfy their physiological needs well.
Security needs: be kept free from both physical harm and economic disaster
Employees suffer great mental stress because they will be injured at work.
Their hands can be easily cut during the working procedure.
In 2009,several injuries happened.
Therefore, Foxconn can’t satisfy some employees' needs to be kept from physical harm.
Security needs: be kept free from economic disaster
According to a staff from management, he shows ways that Foxconn uses to dismiss workers in a disguised form.
Such as:
1.Let employees have long vacations without pay;
All these show Foxconn can’t satisfy employees needs to be kept from economic disaster—losing their jobs.
2.No matter how staff perform in probation, they will get fired.3.Rotate employees from their familiar working environment to a new environment, making employees to resign .
4.Carry out reinspection to employees' education, experiences and qualifications to find excuses to dismiss workers.
Social needs: need companionship and friendship
Workers repeat their work 12 hours every workday with no chatting with each other ,giving them mental pressure.
Ten employees live in one dormitory but they don’t have much communication with each other.
Imply that workers needs to have companionship and friendship can’t be satisfied.
Respect1. Absolute obedience is a rule in Foxco
nn.1.1 From recruitment1.2 After the workers are recruited 2. Inhumane punishment
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs
Esteem Needs
1.1 From Recruitment Applicants were badly treated in the recr
uitment center near the Longhua Campus.
The instructors were arrogant and rude. Most of the time, the applicants were wa
iting in the queue with discipline. While waiting, they were not allowed to
use their mobile phone.
1.2 After the workers are recruited New workers are always reminded by
the management that they should obey all the instructions of the superiors without questions.
2 Inhumane Punishment Managers yell at workers for minor mistakesWorkers who make a mistake will receive demerits. More than that, the details of their cases will be posted on the notice board.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs
Self Actualization Needs
How to help out
Raise the minimum wage anRaise the minimum wage and the overtime paymentd the overtime payment
Provide employees with medical insurance and unemployment insurance
Create a humanized environment, encourage more communication
Set up psychological consulting and treatment system
Humanize the management modeProvide opportunity for self-fulfillment
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