Anyone here seen American Factory? From NPR FreshAir, Wikipedia discussions it sounds sad, depressin

[bobbieinok]

Found links at google

[Dream Girl]

1. I didn't really find it that depressing

[mcar]

2. It's a great documentary

and I salute it on its Oscar.

It's not uplifting but a real look at what happened when a Chinese company took over an American factory. Well done, well filmed.

It's on Netflix and has been for months.

[California_Republic]

3. More about the clash of work cultures

[bobbieinok]

5. Yrs ago PBS had program comparing German and US work cultures

In one part they showed the clash when a German manufacturer made an American factoty part of its corporation

That's what I thought of when I read about the clash between the American workers and the Chinese employers. From what I read about the events depicted in the movie, the Chinese were dissatisfied with the level of the Americans' accomplishments and replaced many American workers with ones brought from China

The German corporation worked with the Americans to get them to what they considered an adequate level.

[llmart]

4. I saw it on Netflix.

I thought it was more interesting than depressing.

[appalachiablue]

6. TRAILER. 'AMERICAN FACTORY' 2019

[In It to Win It]

7. I saw it last week. It highlights the culture clash between the American and Chinese workers

[MFGsunny]

8. This!

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[kskiska]

9. I saw it on Netflix

and found it extremely interesting. At first everyone was thrilled to secure a job in the factory, but little by little, as the Chinese management system expectations were established and workers were sent to China to observe how things were done there, disillusion set in.

[Bluesaph]

10. We found the Chinese work ethic cultish

It seemed that the Chinese in the film worshipped the business owner and their personal lives were very intertwined with their work lives.

It reminded me of a guy I grew up with who is extremely right wing and racist. He used to complain on Facebook about how wonderful it was to make products in China where the employees earned so little yet appreciated it and how they were so productive and how they stood in line outside trying to get a job for cents per hour and worked 12+ hours per day and lived in tiny rooms full of bunks.

He thought Chinese culture was brilliant because they view humans as born to work.

Then I saw the business owner in this film say those exact words. And it made me think this is what republicans want. They don’t want human beings. They want serfs and slaves.

[redqueen]

11. It is not an uplifting movie, but it is reality and very much worth watching.

Very illuminating look at the issues facing factory workers here and in China.