Another employee has committed suicide at Foxconn bringing the number of 2010 deaths at the factory to nine.
Earlier this month it emerged that Foxconn had hired monks, councilors and exorcists to try to put an end to the spate of suicides. The company expressed its regret and sorrow for the victims, all aged between 18 and 24.
The latest victim was a 21-year-old man named Nan Gang. Gang is said to have jumped from a fourth floor dormitory about half an hour after finishing his shift last Friday night. The AP also reports that there was another suicide in January. A man jumped to his death at a Foxconn plant in Langfang in Hebei province. His death went unreported until Friday.
Suicide rates for China put the average number of suicides per 100,000 at 23. However, despite these statistics, the Guardian cites a Foxconn spokesperson that says the Shenzhen plant usually only experiences one or two in a year for the roughly 300,000 people working at the factory.
So, I guess I am wondering why this is news. When I first read the headline, I assumed that nine suicides was abnormally high. If it were high, I would take that into consideration next time I was shopping for some computer component. I think that the headline may be unfair to Foxconn as it seems to imply something is amiss.
No, they're in your iPhone instead.
hope there are no spirits of disgruntled workers in my Zune and Xbox 360...
So, I guess I am wondering why this is news. When I first read the headline, I assumed that nine suicides was abnormally high. If it were high, I would take that into consideration next time I was shopping for some computer component. I think that the headline may be unfair to Foxconn as it seems to imply something is amiss.
hope there are no spirits of disgruntled workers in my Zune and Xbox 360...
No, they're in your iPhone instead.
Also how dedicated of employee must he have been, at least he finished his shift. I would have done it BEFORE work not after.
Very sad.
Do you think Foxconn only produces Apple products?
I'm not going to buy anymore Foxconn products or anything they are linked to like the iPhone.
I imagine that the social pressure could only be that much higher 14yrs later.
So assuming the law of averages is working with 300,000 people on site we should expect 69 people to commit suicide in 2010.
At the end of 5 months, we should have had at least 28 by now.
We have had 9.
Suicide rates are less than a third of the national average, the only reason this seems like a large figure is that they all work at the same company, but try to get this in your heads - this factory has more people working in it than the City of Coventry in the UK.
Its China FFS, people over there don't have much of a choice and its getting like that else ware. To quite or lose your job means homelessness and starvation. I am done explaining how things are to these dogooder yuppies.
uh oh... usually? Lol, they need to be shot for slavery.