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Originally Posted by elemenoP
Apple is getting a lot of heat for conditions at the Foxconn factory, but Foxconn also supplies parts to Amazon and B&N, among many others.
Are gadgets too cheap?
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/...logy&emc=cta1#
Would you pay more for a phone, tablet, or ereader that was made in your own country, or that was certified to be made under ethical conditions?
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I personally don't think the gadgets are too cheap.
I think companies do extort their employees, but I don't think they necessarily need to increase the price of the gadgets when they raise prices on wages.
I believe companies like these could easily keep the same price,and pay their employees 25% more, while keeping 25% of their profits less to themselves, and less to investors.
I recently read an abhorring article, about a business CEO who was doing 'the hard decision' to not give himself a 5%, 10%, not even 15 or 25% increase in salary, but decided to just simply DOUBLE his salary.
And he admonished others to do the same!
Doing this, he even said that when you are doing a job on a $200.000 salary that is anything else than steering the company, you are doing a lousy job!
Yes, in other words, he was saying, not only did he DOUBLE his salary, he also got rid of a load of his work, leave it for his employees who could do the same job (or better) for a lower wage!
How's that sound?
That sounds like some serious laziness and greed to me!
A true article on MSN financial news and advise!
I immediately thumbed it down, after my vote, the votes on the article went down from 100% positive, to 50% positive; which makes me believe only 2 people voted for it.
It totally enrages me, how business ceo's can,without a consciousness, increase their wages as they please, while their whole year salary could easily employ 10 or more employees in their companies, and they still try to pry pennies off laborer's wages!
It all enrages me! The world is shifting from employees, to people who start their own business, tired of being abused!