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Sirveri

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8. 10 hours a day isn't as bad as I was honestly expecting. In China I've seen 16 or worse regularly.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2013, 03:37 AM

May 2013

and the Chinese get paid less. At least at the Foxconn plants. Not like it's hard to compete there. Hell it's better than my time in the Navy. 84 hours a week on average for two years. Pay was obviously better, but you'd think they'd treat the guys running the nuclear reactors better...

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