Inside Apple Foxconn iPhone Factory in China

Описание: Recently, one of the Apple Foxconn factories in Zhengzhou, China gained international attention after a major revolt. Considering that this factory is known to produce about 70% of all Apple products, the revolt, and subsequent protests, will result in billions of lost revenue for Apple.
On that note, you may be wondering what exactly led up to the revolt and how is Apple and Foxconn responding to it.

The working conditions at the Apple Foxconn Factory in Zhengzhou have never been the best and have seen many criticisms throughout the years. To fully understand what it is like to work at the factory, it is best to get an inside view of an average day of a Foxconn worker.
For context, the Apple factory hosts over 200,000 workers and is more of a campus than just a factory. In fact, many have described it as a city due to its sheer size. There are dormitories for the workers, restaurants, and even busses to transport workers around the campus.
The average worker at the Apple Foxconn Factory gets up and heads to the factory at 7 a.m. After eating breakfast at the factory, the worker will start working at 8 a.m. They will then take a lunch break and continue working till 5 p.m. unless overtime is offered in which case the workday will end at around 9 p.m.
Work is consistent and there is rarely a time for a break, and it is not uncommon for workers to have 12-hour workdays .
Now that the “scene” is set, understanding what happened at the Apple Foxconn iPhone factory in China will be a bit easier.
What Happen at the Foxconn iPhone Factory?
To understand what exactly happened at the Foxconn iPhone factory, it is best to look into the events preceding the revolt. Back around October 14th, there was an alleged Covid-19 outbreak at the Apple Foxconn factory.
Because of China’s strict zero-Covid policy, the factory’s 200,000 workers were locked inside. While the factory is designed to house and feed their employees, having 200,000 workers constantly living in the factory for weeks on in is a different matter.
Due to a ban on all dine-in catering, workers were forced to eat their meals in their dormitories, which were very crowded—some hosting around 11 people.
Trash began to pile up, and with the release of the iPhone 14 and the coming holidays, workers had to work even longer hours than usual.
Eventually, many had had enough, and thousands of workers disregarded the government’s zero-Covid policy and fled the factory.
In response, Apple Foxconn factory announced that it will resume dine-in meals to help improve employee satisfaction.
However, many did not want to return which led to a lack of workers in a time when the factory needed all hands on deck.
So, the factory enticed new potential workers with promises of a big bonus if they decided to work at the factory. As a result, the Foxconn iPhone factory gained many new workers. But that is when things turned ugly.


The new workers accused the Apple factory of breaking their promise by delaying their bonus payments. Thousands of workers revolted and clashed with China’s security forces.
In response, The Apple Foxconn factory blamed the situation on a technical error and said that they would pay the employees what they were promised.
Apple also commented on the issue and explained that they have staff on-site to address the problem.
With low wages, poor working and living conditions, and China’s strict zero-Covid policies, the Apple factory Foxconn Zhengzhou factory is in bad shape.
Due to the recent protests and revolt surrounding the Factory, Apple has lost billions of dollars and no longer sees the factory as a great long-term producer of its products.
Apple had already been making plans to move a portion of their business to India for more diversification in their supply chain to not rely so heavily on Chinese factories.
Because of that, the Apple Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou will begin to see less and less business from Apple in the coming years.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:52 A day in the life of a Foxconn Worker
2:06 What happened at the Apple Foxconn factory?
3:35 The Revolt At Apple Foxconn Factory

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