Apple releases results of iPod factory probe

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  • Reply 21 of 27
    jonnyboyjonnyboy Posts: 525member
    in spite of the comments about working conditions in the us vs asia, i am certain that there are countless people working in the us "black" economy who regularly do this number of hours, if not more
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  • Reply 22 of 27
    Lawyers at high powered firms pull 60-70 hour weeks, but then they make several hundred thousand a year.



    The US, in fact, was built on conditions like this. Andrew Carnegie, that famous rich guy who built all those wonderful libraries, made money by housing some of his lowly staff in dorm rooms that had no windows and were over-crowded. He also employed children.



    In the US right now, your average CEO makes 400 to 500 times what his underlings make. If this were CHina, someone would surely raise a fuss, but not here. Apple, too, is currently under the microscope for tryiong to make a few extra mills for its great leaders...



    Well, times have changed and now the US is the moral leader of the, the, central part of the North American continent.
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  • Reply 23 of 27
    melgrossmelgross Posts: 33,717member
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    Originally Posted by jonnyboy


    in spite of the comments about working conditions in the us vs asia, i am certain that there are countless people working in the us "black" economy who regularly do this number of hours, if not more



    It's "grey".
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  • Reply 24 of 27
    melgrossmelgross Posts: 33,717member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bergermeister


    Lawyers at high powered firms pull 60-70 hour weeks, but then they make several hundred thousand a year.



    The US, in fact, was built on conditions like this. Andrew Carnegie, that famous rich guy who built all those wonderful libraries, made money by housing some of his lowly staff in dorm rooms that had no windows and were over-crowded. He also employed children.



    In the US right now, your average CEO makes 400 to 500 times what his underlings make. If this were CHina, someone would surely raise a fuss, but not here. Apple, too, is currently under the microscope for tryiong to make a few extra mills for its great leaders...



    Well, times have changed and now the US is the moral leader of the, the, central part of the North American continent.



    You have to read Carnegie's book, and writings. He, like a number of people at the time, believed that life was working towards the afterlife. He believed that most people would not know what to do with money. That they would just waste it, or spend it on drink, and gambling. He believed that the money would be better spent on teacking the population how to be virtuous, etc.



    It all seems odd today. But he was an interesting person.
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  • Reply 25 of 27
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    He believed that most people would not know what to do with money. That they would just waste it, or spend it on drink, and gambling.



    Some things will never change.
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  • Reply 26 of 27
    jonnyboyjonnyboy Posts: 525member
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    Originally Posted by melgross


    It's "grey".



    considering that i basically worked in it whilst selling fruit in colorado a few years ago, in my opinion it is most definitely BLACK
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  • Reply 27 of 27
    melgrossmelgross Posts: 33,717member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by jonnyboy


    considering that i basically worked in it whilst selling fruit in colorado a few years ago, in my opinion it is most definitely BLACK



    I get your drift.
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