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Apple: Revolutionizing the Workplace. Current Standards. Known for China Factories Easy to employ Cheap Cost-Efficient High turnover Low production cost, high profit. Problems. Poor Working Conditions Considered “sweatshops” Losing Use of Hands Inhaling Chemicals Poor Pay
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Current Standards • Known for China Factories • Easy to employ • Cheap • Cost-Efficient • High turnover • Low production cost, high profit
Problems • Poor Working Conditions • Considered “sweatshops” • Losing Use of Hands • Inhaling Chemicals • Poor Pay • Can start at $285 a month • Assuming workers are scheduled 40 hrs a week, workers make $1.78 and hour. • Average is $426 - $455
Proposal BRING IT BACK TO AMERICA
Improvements • Relocate • Move back to the states • Employ Americans • Restructure Wages • Go from $1.78 to $8.50 • From $285 to $1360 • Improve conditions and create new safety procedures • Because of this rise in pay, profits will take a hit. We will have to raise iPad, iPhone, and iTouch prices. • Based on lower average wage, 50% of 35,000 workers cost $31,150 in labor (in China). Those same 17,500, in America, would make $148,750.
Compensation • Medical payment • For those currently ill • For those who have had their contracts terminated due to illness • About $25,000 in medical costs per person. • $8,750,000,000 for those currently working.