Protesters Sour on Apple Over Working Conditions in China
By Lucas Shaw at TheWrap Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:25pm EST
Protesters are taking Apple to task for recent reports about inhumane working conditions at its Chinese suppliers in a growing number of online petitions
Petitions at www.change.org range from having a couple of signees to a few thousand. They demand that Apple reform its practices and publish labor reports for the sake of transparency.
Mark Shields, based in Washington D.C., started the most popular petition to date, which has about 2,300 signatures.
In the letter, Shields wrote that he wants “to know that when I buy products from you, it’s not at the cost of horrible human suffering.”
Shields represents himself as an avid Mac user, saying the company’s products have already changed his life, but says that the recent news has left people like him “with a terrible knot in [their] stomach.”
Shields asks that Apple “release a worker protection strategy for new product releases, which are the instances when injuries and suicides typically spike because of the incredible pressure to meet quotas timed to releases.”
His second request is that Apple publishes the result of the Fair Labor Association’s monitoring.
“Please make these changes immediately, so that each of us can once again hold our heads high and say, “I’m a Mac person,” the letter says.
Apple has faced an onslaught of media attention over the past few weeks thanks to stories from NPR and the New York Times about worrisome working conditions at Chinese factories partnered with the Cupertino, Calif.-based company.
The reports detail everything from worker suicide to the use of under-age workers at the factories, and also exhibit claims that Apple is inclined to turn a blind eye to such cases.
Apple’s Tim Cook penned an e-mail to employees in which he insisted Apple was doing all it can to rectify any such issues, and blasted those accusing Apple of negligence at the same time. The suppliers have denied many of the reports as well.
Foxconn By The Numbers
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By Lucas Shaw at TheWrap Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:25pm EST
Protesters are taking Apple to task for recent reports about inhumane working conditions at its Chinese suppliers in a growing number of online petitions
Petitions at www.change.org range from having a couple of signees to a few thousand. They demand that Apple reform its practices and publish labor reports for the sake of transparency.
Mark Shields, based in Washington D.C., started the most popular petition to date, which has about 2,300 signatures.
In the letter, Shields wrote that he wants “to know that when I buy products from you, it’s not at the cost of horrible human suffering.”
Shields represents himself as an avid Mac user, saying the company’s products have already changed his life, but says that the recent news has left people like him “with a terrible knot in [their] stomach.”
Shields asks that Apple “release a worker protection strategy for new product releases, which are the instances when injuries and suicides typically spike because of the incredible pressure to meet quotas timed to releases.”
His second request is that Apple publishes the result of the Fair Labor Association’s monitoring.
“Please make these changes immediately, so that each of us can once again hold our heads high and say, “I’m a Mac person,” the letter says.
Apple has faced an onslaught of media attention over the past few weeks thanks to stories from NPR and the New York Times about worrisome working conditions at Chinese factories partnered with the Cupertino, Calif.-based company.
The reports detail everything from worker suicide to the use of under-age workers at the factories, and also exhibit claims that Apple is inclined to turn a blind eye to such cases.
Apple’s Tim Cook penned an e-mail to employees in which he insisted Apple was doing all it can to rectify any such issues, and blasted those accusing Apple of negligence at the same time. The suppliers have denied many of the reports as well.
Foxconn By The Numbers
By Lois Beckett, ProPublica
An investigative series [1] by the New York Times and a performance piece by Mike Daisey [2] featured on This American Life [3] have put the spotlight on Foxconn [4], the Taiwanese company whose massive Chinese factories manufacture some of the world's most popular consumer electronics.
As well as working with companies like Dell, Motorola, Nokia and Hewlett-Packard, Foxconn assembles popular Apple products like the iPhone and iPad.
Here's a quick look at what we know about Foxconn. (The company disputes workers' accounts [5] of abusive conditions. In a 2010 company report [6], Foxconn said it promotes "employee respect, an atmosphere of trust, and personal dignity.")
Working for Foxconn
1.2 million: number of workers employed by Foxconn [7] in China, according to the New York Times.
40: Estimated percent of the world's consumer electronics [7] manufactured by Foxconn.
7: seconds it takes Foxconn's workers to complete a single step of their work [8], according to a survey cited by the New York Times.
12: Hours in a typical work shift, according to interviews [9] with Foxconn employees [2].
83.2: Average hours of overtime worked each month [10], according to a 2010 survey of Foxconn employee.
13: age of a Foxconn employee Mike Daisey interviewed [2] outside the gates of a Foxconn plant in Shenzhen.
91: cases of underage labor found by Apple's audits of its suppliers [11] in 2010, the year Daisey visited China.
3,000: number of workers Foxconn could hire overnight, according to Apple's former worldwide supply demand manager [12].
10-20: percent estimated monthly turnover [2] in Foxconn's workforce.
$7,500: amount founder Terry Gou used to start the anchor company of Foxconn Technology Group in 1974,according to the company website [13].
$5.7 billion: Terry Gou's estimated net worth [14] as of March 2011.
Living Conditions
230,000: number of workers at "Foxconn City" [12] in Shenzhen, according to the New York Times.
13: tons of rice prepared each day [15] at the central kitchen at Foxconn City.
$0.65: meal allowance for dinner at the Foxconn City canteen [9] in 2010.
2: number of free swimming pools [16] there, according to The Telegraph, which noted that the pools "are said to be quite dirty."
70,000: number of workers at Foxconn's Chengdu plant who live in company dorms [17], according to the New York Times.
20: number of employees sometimes packed into a three-room apartment [17].
200: Reported number of police officers who responded to a Foxconn dormitory riot [17].
Deaths
17: Number of reported suicides [18] of Foxconn workers in China between 2007 and February 2011, according to Wired. Eleven workers died after jumping off buildings in the Foxconn Campus in Shenzhen, which were then draped with preventive netting. (Wired noted that the rate actually seems to be below China's national averages.)
70: number of psychiatrists employed by Foxconn [19] to prevent suicides, according to a 2010 announcement by CEO Terry Gou.
100: Estimated number of employees at a Foxconn factory in Wuhan who stood on the roof of a factory building this month to protest [20] working conditions and wages. Several threatened to commit suicide, according to theNew York Times.
$450: monthly salary a worker involved in that protest said employees had been promised [20] for moving from the Foxconn campus in Shenzhen to one in Wuhan.
34: continuous hours a Foxconn employee worked in 2010 before he collapsed and died [2], according to media reports [21].
4: workers killed last year by an explosion at a Foxconn factory [22] in Chengdu, China that assembles iPads[23].
$22: approximate daily salary [24] earned by Lai Xiaodong, a 22-year-old college graduate, working at a Foxconn factory in Chengdu, China, according to the New York Times.
$150,000: approximate amount the company wired Lai's family [7] after he was killed in the aluminum dust explosion.
As well as working with companies like Dell, Motorola, Nokia and Hewlett-Packard, Foxconn assembles popular Apple products like the iPhone and iPad.
Here's a quick look at what we know about Foxconn. (The company disputes workers' accounts [5] of abusive conditions. In a 2010 company report [6], Foxconn said it promotes "employee respect, an atmosphere of trust, and personal dignity.")
Working for Foxconn
1.2 million: number of workers employed by Foxconn [7] in China, according to the New York Times.
40: Estimated percent of the world's consumer electronics [7] manufactured by Foxconn.
7: seconds it takes Foxconn's workers to complete a single step of their work [8], according to a survey cited by the New York Times.
12: Hours in a typical work shift, according to interviews [9] with Foxconn employees [2].
83.2: Average hours of overtime worked each month [10], according to a 2010 survey of Foxconn employee.
13: age of a Foxconn employee Mike Daisey interviewed [2] outside the gates of a Foxconn plant in Shenzhen.
91: cases of underage labor found by Apple's audits of its suppliers [11] in 2010, the year Daisey visited China.
3,000: number of workers Foxconn could hire overnight, according to Apple's former worldwide supply demand manager [12].
10-20: percent estimated monthly turnover [2] in Foxconn's workforce.
$7,500: amount founder Terry Gou used to start the anchor company of Foxconn Technology Group in 1974,according to the company website [13].
$5.7 billion: Terry Gou's estimated net worth [14] as of March 2011.
Living Conditions
230,000: number of workers at "Foxconn City" [12] in Shenzhen, according to the New York Times.
13: tons of rice prepared each day [15] at the central kitchen at Foxconn City.
$0.65: meal allowance for dinner at the Foxconn City canteen [9] in 2010.
2: number of free swimming pools [16] there, according to The Telegraph, which noted that the pools "are said to be quite dirty."
70,000: number of workers at Foxconn's Chengdu plant who live in company dorms [17], according to the New York Times.
20: number of employees sometimes packed into a three-room apartment [17].
200: Reported number of police officers who responded to a Foxconn dormitory riot [17].
Deaths
17: Number of reported suicides [18] of Foxconn workers in China between 2007 and February 2011, according to Wired. Eleven workers died after jumping off buildings in the Foxconn Campus in Shenzhen, which were then draped with preventive netting. (Wired noted that the rate actually seems to be below China's national averages.)
70: number of psychiatrists employed by Foxconn [19] to prevent suicides, according to a 2010 announcement by CEO Terry Gou.
100: Estimated number of employees at a Foxconn factory in Wuhan who stood on the roof of a factory building this month to protest [20] working conditions and wages. Several threatened to commit suicide, according to theNew York Times.
$450: monthly salary a worker involved in that protest said employees had been promised [20] for moving from the Foxconn campus in Shenzhen to one in Wuhan.
34: continuous hours a Foxconn employee worked in 2010 before he collapsed and died [2], according to media reports [21].
4: workers killed last year by an explosion at a Foxconn factory [22] in Chengdu, China that assembles iPads[23].
$22: approximate daily salary [24] earned by Lai Xiaodong, a 22-year-old college graduate, working at a Foxconn factory in Chengdu, China, according to the New York Times.
$150,000: approximate amount the company wired Lai's family [7] after he was killed in the aluminum dust explosion.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook didn't specifically mention The New York Times' exposé on working conditions at Foxconn in his company-wide email yesterday, but it's clear that this was the first attempt at damage control. 9to5Mac posted Cook's company-wide e-mail ...
Tim Cook is offended when reporters suggest Apple doesn't care about workers
VentureBeat - 5 hours ago
On the heels of a record quarterly profit, Apple was slammed in the press yesterday by a lengthy New York Times article highlighting the poor working conditions in the Chinese factories that make Apple products. Tim Cook, the company's new chief ...
 Apple staff to receive $250 discount on iPads
Mobile Entertainment - 5 hours ago
by Zen Terrelonge Apple CEO Tim Cook made the announcement at a 'Town Hall' session, a meeting which gathers the employees to discuss company news. 9to5Mac claims Cook sent out an invitation email on Tuesday, 24th January, requesting everyone to report ...
Apple customers unfazed by China working conditions
ComputerworldUK - 5 hours ago
Amid renewed reports of poor working conditions at factories making Apple products in China, it's unclear whether customers will demand change. Some Apple customers at the Macworld/iWorld show seemed to react with a shrug to a lengthy New York Times ...
Apple announces new perks for employees: $250 off iPads, $500 off Macs
Examiner.com - 5 hours ago
Employee discounts aren't a new thing around Silicon Valley --- and elsewhere --- but at Wednesday's Apple Town Hall meeting the company unveiled a couple of nice new ones. The Town Hall was set up to discuss Apple's boffo fiscal Q1 2012 (calendar year ...
 Report: Apple's Suppliers Continuously Violate Code of Conduct, Apple Does ...
DailyTech - 6 hours ago
For hardcore Apple fans, rushing out to buy the next iPhone or iPad is a top priority -- even if it means standing in line for hours. But in the words of an anonymous former Apple executive, most people would be disturbed if they knew where their ...
 Allegations of labor abuse in Apple's iPad factories in China
DigitalJournal.com - 6 hours ago
By JohnThomas Didymus By JohnThomas Didymus. Soon after Apple announced $13 billion profits on $46 billion sales, media reports have focused on harsh working conditions and alleged labor abuse in Apple's iPad and iPhone factories overseas, ...
Apple adopts Papal spin policy
Fudzilla - 6 hours ago
The Apple religion's Pope, Tim Cook Jobs II appears to have approached the problem that his suppliers are running sweat shops by using the Pope Benedict spin method. Pope Benedict dealt with the crisis in the Catholic Church by saying that it was ...
 Apple: Poor working conditions inside the Chinese factories making iPads
This is Money - 7 hours ago
By Mark Duell Technology giant Apple is under fire after the appalling conditions workers in its Chinese factories are forced to endure was exposed. Working excessive overtime without a single day off during the week, living together in crowded ...
Apple's Unused Cash Pile
Asia Sentinel (blog) - 8 hours ago
It may seem a tribute to the late Steve Jobs that he left it with a pile of cash US$97 billion high. But all the good that Apple devices have done could be offset by that pile of unused money. A cash horde that big is of no use to Apple itself – it is ...
Apple CEO moves to counter damning supply chain report
Procurement Leaders News - 8 hours ago
Apple CEO Tim Cook has reportedly told Apple employees that the technology giant cares about every single worker in its supply chain, following a report in The New York Times detailing harsh working conditions at Apple's suppliers in China.
 Boycott Apple? The Moral Dilemma After Abuse Reports From China
Daily Beast - 8 hours ago
Shareholders and aficionados face a moral dilemma: revel in the company's stock price and cozy up to Siri, or confront the grim workplace conditions at the tech giant's suppliers. What a dizzying week it has been for Apple shareholders.
 Investigations Reveal Long Trail of Abuses at Apple Suppliers
Daily Beast - 8 hours ago
Recent reports, including The New York Times' gripping series, shed new light on the abusive treatment of workers at the tech giant's Chinese suppliers. Millions of people who have never been to China carry a piece of Longhua in their pocket.
 Apple CEO “outraged” at “offensive” factory claims
SlashGear - 9 hours ago
Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded angrily to allegations that the company knowingly used manufacturing partners guilty of labor abuses, telling staff that “we care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain” and calling the accusations “offensive.
Tim Cook Says Apple Cares About Its Supply Chain Workers, Honestly
Gizmodo - 10 hours ago
Yesterday the web was abuzz thanks to a New York Times story that claimed Apple's Chinese factories were dangerous and exploitative. That made Tim Cook sad, so he sent a very long email to his employees to set the record straight.
Chinese respond to report on Apple's suppliers in China
Apple Insider - 10 hours ago
By Daniel Eran Dilger The New York Times republished its scathing report on Apple's alleged indifference to workers' rights in China in a Chinese business magazine to solicit comments "that might prove illuminating for readers" here in the US.
Apple's Tim Cook expresses 'outrage' over NYT report on worker safety
The Verge - 11 hours ago
By Sean Hollister on January 27, 2012 01:51 am 2Comments Yesterday, The New York Times published a comprehensive report including quotes from former and current Apple executives, alleging that Apple pushes its Chinese suppliers to cut corners at the ...
Apple to offer employees a $500 discount on Macs, $250 off of an iPad
BGR - 12 hours ago
Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly said during an Apple Town Hall meeting on Wednesday that Apple employees will receive a generous discount on Apple products in return for their hard work. Employees typically receive a 25% discount off of hardware, ...
Apple: "We Care About Every Worker in our Supply Chain"
The Next Web - 12 hours ago
Apple CEO Tim Cook has fired back at reports into issues surrounding the company's operations and partners in emerging markets, claiming that the company is not ignoring the problems. As 9to5mac reports, Cook contacted company employees to set the ...
iPhones, Foxconn, and Obama%C2%92s Empty China Rant
Care2.com (blog) - 12 hours ago
by Dave Rochlin While President Obama took aim at China during his state of the union address this week, Apple was on its way in after-hours trading to becoming the most valuable company in the world– adding over $20 billion to their total stock market ...
 The evils of Foxconn and why gamers have a moral dilemma
VGChartz - 13 hours ago
The company has been involved in several controversies – most relating to how it manages employees in China, where it is the largest private employer.[8] International attention has repeatedly been drawn to the suicides of workers and the conditions of ...
 Manufacturing Is Key to Innovation as Well as Jobs
Technology Review (blog) - 13 hours ago
Suddenly, it seems that manufacturing is again in the news. Or, more precisely, manufacturing and jobs are. “How the US Lost out on iPhone Work,” a recent feature in the New York Times, presents a rather compelling look at why Apple, and specifically ...
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What Chinese readers think of Apple and Foxconn
The Verge - 16 hours ago
By Sam Byford on January 26, 2012 09:40 pm 0Comments The New York Times has posted a couple of articles recently that have gained a lot of traction: Sunday's exploration of why American companies such as Apple choose to outsource to China, ...
 Apple's Tim Cook says at Town Hall all Apple employees get $500 off Macs, $250 ...
TweakTown - 16 hours ago
Apple had an amazing quarter, and to thank their employees, Tim Cook has said at today's Town Hall meeting that there will be some new "employee benefits". This is just a way Apple want to show their appreciation to those who have worked so hard to ...
US manufacturing downfall, Asia's gain
Eetasia.com (subscription) - 17 hours ago
Manufacturing jobs shipped to Asia aren't coming back. The titans of Silicon Valley have made this perfectly clear. This is also what Apple's Steve Jobs told President Obama during a dinner in California last year, says a New York Times article titled, ...
Apple Seeds: The Benefits to Working at Apple, iPad/Tablet Shipments in Q4 ...
iSource - 18 hours ago
It is being reported that Apple CEO Tim Cook will receive $500 off of Mac purchases and $250 off of iPads. This program will go into effect this June, and can be used once every three years. The discount will also exclude the Mac Mini.
 Apple's China Problem
TakePart - 18 hours ago
By Oliver Lee Apple contracts work to approximately 700000 foreign employees, the majority of whom live and work in China. (Photo: Getty Images) On Wednesday, The New York Times ran yet another story on the unsafe working conditions at Foxconn's ...
 NYT Tech Columnist David Pogue's Silence on Foxconn Persists, Even After the ...
Betabeat - 18 hours ago
The widely-read technology writer and Apple fanboy stays silent on the company's human rights-violating Chinese manufacturer, even as the paper he writes for exposes their inhumane practices. By Foster Kamer 1/26 7:04pm On the front page of today's New ...
Apple Employee Meeting Reveals More Corporate Kindness From Tim Cook
Wired (blog) - 19 hours ago
By Jon Phillips Since assuming the role of CEO, Tim Cook has opened up charitable matching, and, as of Wednesday, a generous employee discount program. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com With an employee headcount in excess of 45000, Apple's ability to ...
 Apple & China's Laborers: The Heat is On
The Mac Observer - 20 hours ago
There is more and more discussion now about the working conditions in China, especially those workers that build consumer electronics. And especially Apple's iProducts. Can any conclusions be drawn? On Wednesday, the New York Times published an ...
Apple rewards staff after huge results
ZDNet Australia - 20 hours ago
By Lance Whitney, CNET.com on January 27th, 2012 (13 hours ago) Apple employees will enjoy some healthy product discounts as thanks for the company's recent blockbuster quarter. At an internal meeting this week, CEO Tim Cook announced that employees ...
The iPad's Human Cost
Truthdig - 21 hours ago
By Carrie Rickey By Mr. Fish By Mr. Fish By Stanley Kutler By Chris Hedges Deadly conditions, long hours, cramped quarters and little pay. Reports of Apple suppliers' derelict manufacturing practices and their devastating effects on Chinese factory ...
The human cost of technology
Boing Boing - 21 hours ago
By Rob Beschizza at 1:41 pm Thursday, Jan 26 Troubling, the groups say, is some suppliers' disregard for workers' health. Two years ago, 137 workers at an Apple supplier in eastern China were injured after they were ordered to use a poisonous chemical ...
Chinese Citizens Comment On Foxconn, Apple
Gizmodo Australia - 21 hours ago
The New York Times teamed up with a Chinese magazine to see how the Chinese feel about Foxconn, Apple, and the how their factory workers are treated. The results might not surprise you, but they will remind you that there's more cost to your iPad than ...
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Apple to give employees $500 off Macs, $250 off iPads come June
The Verge - 22 hours ago
By Sam Sheffer on January 26, 2012 03:38 pm 0Comments Two days after Apple announced its biggest quarter ever, CEO Tim Cook held a town hall meeting to discuss the record-setting numbers and doled out a new employee benefit as well.
 Apple's record profits built on grinding employees into dust – then blowing ...
ExtremeTech - 22 hours ago
By Joel Hruska on January 26, 2012 at 3:26 pm After unveiling profits that smashed expectations and broke revenue records, it's been a big week for Apple, but a recent investigative report brings the company's rosy report crashing back to earth.
 Tim Cook gives Apple employees $250 discount on iPads
Daily Caller - Jan 26, 2012
By Business Insider Published: 6:43 AM 01/26/2012 | Updated: 2:23 PM 01/26/2012 FILE- This Wednesday, March 9, 2011 file photo shows an Associated Press reporter demonstrating the Apple iPad 2 in San Francisco. Apple Inc. is disclosing the list of ...
 Part-Time Apple Employees Now Eligible to Participate in Charitable Matching ...
Mac Rumors - Jan 26, 2012
One of Tim Cook's first acts when he became CEO of Apple was to institute a charitable matching program for employees. Under the program, Apple would match employees' personal contributions to 501(c)(3) charitable organizations up to $10000 per year.
Apple Ignoring Labor Abuses In Supplier Factories, Says Former Executives
Mobile Magazine - Jan 26, 2012
By Leo Xavier, January 26, 2012 @ 9:37am Apple has just had their most profitable quarter ever and the company's shareholders are celebrating this week. But it appears like some of that profit has come after the suffering of many thousands of people.
Foxconn Workers Treated Like Animals Because Management Believes They Are Animals
Minyanville.com - Jan 26, 2012
By Davis MacMillan January 26, 2012 12:47 PM Remember Foxconn? The massive Chinese conglomerate that manufactures products for Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), HP (HPQ), and many, many other companies. That's right, the one with all the ...
Apple to offer employees $500 off a new Mac, $250 off iPads - report
Apple Insider - Jan 26, 2012
By Katie Marsal Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook reportedly informed employees this week that later this year they will be able to buy an iPad with a $250 discount, while Macs will be available for $500 off. Update: Tipsters have revealed to AppleInsider ...
Apple employees to get $500 Mac and $250 iPad discounts
Geek - Jan 26, 2012
Apple has just posted record growth and earnings, making it the most valuable company in the world. It also means Apple made a profit of around $400000 per employee during 2011. Tim Cook has therefore decided to reward all of Apple's staff with a huge ...
The Times on Apple's Chinese Manufacturing
Technologizer - Jan 26, 2012
By Harry McCracken | Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 7:53 am More troubling, the groups say, is some suppliers' disregard for workers' health. Two years ago, 137 workers at an Apple supplier in eastern China were injured after they were ordered to use a ...
 Tim Cook Announces New Employee Benefits at Town Hall Meeting
MacDaddyNews.com - Jan 26, 2012
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced to employees yesterday some “exciting new things.” Cook announced that starting June 2012, employees will be given $500 discounts on purchases of any new Macs, excluding the Mac mini, and $250 discounts on purchases of the ...
 Apple at vanguard of consumer electronics labor accusations
SlashGear - Jan 26, 2012
Apple's production practices have come under renewed scrutiny this week, amid claims that the company knowingly overlooked continued labor abuses in Chinese factories as it benefited from low manufacturing costs. A controversial piece by the NYTimes ...
Tim Cook Announces New Mac, iPad Discounts For Apple Employees
WebProNews - Jan 26, 2012
The company just released their Q4 earnings, and with the help of the holiday season, absolutely destroyed all expectations. Apple posted Q4 revenue of $46.33 billion, beating the expected figure of $38 billion. They also reported a record quarterly ...
Apple topples HP's PC sales with its iPad sales
Gadgets and gizmos - Jan 26, 2012
Apple Inc. has reported record fiscal fourth quarter 2011 and first quarter 2012 earnings today. For the last quarter, the company has posted revenue of $46.33 billion and net profit of $13.06 billion, compared to the revenue of $26.7 billion (net ...
 Apple to Offer Employees $500 Off Macs and $250 Off iPads
The Mac Observer - Jan 26, 2012
Starting this June, Apple will offer employees new discounts on Apple products, including $500 off new Macs and $250 off iPads, according to 9to5Mac. The new discount plan, announced by Apple CEO Tim Cook at yesterday's internal Town Hall Meeting, ...
Tim Cook Offers Apple Employees $500 Off Macs, $250 Off iPads [Rumor]
Cult of Mac - Jan 26, 2012
By Killian Bell (4:51 am, Jan 26) It's a great time to be an Apple employee. Not only is it the most successful company on the planet right now, but it's also slashing the price of some of its most popular products as a thank you to its employees.
 The 'Human Costs' of an iPad
The Atlantic Wire - Jan 26, 2012
A huge A1 story in The New York Times about safety problems at Chinese electronics factories is sure to turn up the heat on Apple as Americans become more and more aware of the true price of their beloved gadgets. The deep investigation into Apple's ...
 Apple rewards staff with $500 Mac cut, $250 iPad saving
SlashGear - Jan 26, 2012
Apple employees may have to put up with migraine-inducing levels of secrecy and the overspill of “magical” product dust getting in their eyes, but up to $500 discounts off new hardware may go some way to alleviating any discomfort.
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 Apple Offering $500 Discount on Mac Machines and More for Employees
DeviceMAG - Jan 26, 2012
Ever thought of getting $500 off on Mac systems? Well, what about a $250 discount on iPads? But for getting in to the reality, you need to be an Apple employee. Apple CEO Tim Crook, the other day, just announced some employee benefits, ...
 Apple's Town Hall Announcement: $500 Discount Off Macs, $250 Off iPads For ...
AppAdvice - Jan 26, 2012
From June, Apple plans to offer its employees a massive $500 discount off new Mac computers and $250 off iPads. The news was announced yesterday by Apple CEO Tim Cook, at Apple's Town Hall auditorium. It's an intense saving, though employees can only ...
 Apple celebrates success with staff discounts
Product Reviews - Jan 26, 2012
Yesterday we told you about the record sales that Apple has seen during its last fiscal quarter with the iPhone 4S leading the way. The results managed to even beat what many analysts were predicting for the company. Now we have news that Apple ...
 Apple to Give Employees $500 Off Macs and $250 Off iPads
Mac Rumors - Jan 26, 2012
According to 9to5Mac, during today's town hall meeting, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced to employees that they would get $500 off Macs and $250 iPads. The new discount program starts in June 2012, and can only be used once every 3 years.
Apple Town Hall Meeting Brings Deep Discounts For Apple Employees
The Inquisitr - Jan 25, 2012
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced during a recent Apple town hall meeting that employees will not be able to take advantage of an employee discount program that finally brings the company's computers and tablets into competitive pricing ranges.
 Tim Cook at today's Town Hall: Starting in June, Apple employees get $500 off ...
9 to 5 Mac - Jan 25, 2012
Among the many topics discussed by Tim Cook at today's Town Hall session with employees, the Apple CEO revealed some new Apple employee benefits. Giving a little more back to the people who worked so hard to make Apple one of the wealthiest ...
 Perspective: Apple is now Worth More Than Greece
TheBlaze.com - Jan 25, 2012
Apple doubled profit and revenue year-over-year in the last quarter, earning more money in Q1 2012 than the company was worth just eight years ago. At over $400 billion, Apple is now worth more than Greece, owing largely to the immense and growing ...
Do Your Manufacturers Treat Workers Fairly?
Inc.com - Jan 25, 2012
Get the most out of your Inc. online experience by registering and joining the Inc. community today. Get access to all Inc.com content and priority invites to free Inc. networking events in your area. You treat your direct employees fairly (heck, ...
Analysis: Asia may not be such easy pickings for Apple
Calgary Herald - 12 minutes ago
BANGALORE/HONG KONG — Investors in Apple Inc have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate juggernaut can maintain its phenomenal momentum in the years ahead: Asia. The iconic maker of the iPhone, iPad and iPod has barely scratched ...
 TIM COOK: Any Accusation That Apple Doesn't Care About Worker Abuse Is ...
Business Insider - 7 hours ago
Tim Cook has responded to reports of worker abuse in Foxconn factories with an email to all Apple employees, reports 9to5Mac. He sent the email to explain that "We care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain. Any accident is deeply troubling, ...
 Tim Cook responds to claims of factory worker mistreatment: “We care about ...
9 to 5 Mac - 13 hours ago
This morning, The New York Times published a lengthy report with details about the harsh conditions of working in the factories of an Apple parts supplier or Apple product manufacturer. The report includes this chilling opening: The explosion ripped ...
 NY Times: Possible rights violations at Chinese Apple factories
WZZM - 18 hours ago
GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) - A front-page article in the New York Times is accusing software giant Apple of allowing Chinese workers to build its products in harsh conditions. The story came out in Thursday's edition of the Times and points to possible cases ...
Apple Give Employees $500 Discount on Macs, $250 on iPads
webhostdir.com - Jan 26, 2012
Apple CEO, Tim Cook, held an employee meeting yesterday in Town Hall at which he announced a few new incentives for the Apple staff. Cook first sent an email to all staff congratulating them on the phenomenal revenue figures that Apple hit in Q1.
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