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No wonder 300 Foxconn employees threatened to commit mass suicide the other day, their Taiwanese boss threats them so badly.
Unfortunately, Foxconn is one of top employers in China and the vast majority of Chinese workers have it worse than Foxconn employees.
Report: Foxconn Boss Compares His Workforce to Animals
By Damon Poeter
No doubt they're wincing at Apple headquarters and elsewhere over the latest controversy generated by consumer electronics contracting giant Foxconn, though this time at least the bad news doesn't involve exploding factories, poisoned workers, or a string of worker suicides.
Nobody was actually hurt, in fact, though a million Foxconn workers might be a little testy after Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn parent Hon Hai Precision Industry, compared them to "animals." Gou was speaking at the company's recent annual review meeting when he made the comments, according to WantChinaTimes.
"Hon Hai has a workforce of over one million worldwide and as human beings are also animals, to manage one million animals gives me a headache," Gou said, according to the website run by Taiwan's China Times News Group.
The Hon Hai chairman was reportedly entertaining Taipei Zoo director Chin Shih-chien onstage when he asked Chin "how animals should be managed" and instructed Hon Hai executives present to listen carefully to the zookeeper's advice.
No wonder 300 Foxconn employees threatened to commit mass suicide the other day, their Taiwanese boss threats them so badly.
Unfortunately, Foxconn is one of top employers in China and the vast majority of Chinese workers have it worse than Foxconn employees.