Economy half Hour: The Riddle of Foxconn 10 Lian-Hop

In the early hours of May 21 this year, another male worker in Foxconn fell to his death. Since entering 2010, this has been Foxconn's tenth employee jumped. So, what is this all about?　　These employees have chosen such an extreme way to say good-bye to the world, and our correspondent has rushed to Shenzhen to investigate.　　The following is a record of 10 jumps. May 21, 2010, the men of South Steel jumped from the roof of his death.　　At the age of 21. May 14, 2010, Liang jumped from the top of the roof, unfortunately killed.　　21 years old. May 11, 2010, I wish morning Ming from the roof of the rental house jumped, killed.　　24 years old. May 6, 2010, Luvin from the balcony jumped, unfortunately killed.　　24 years old.　　April 7, 2010, the Guanlan village, Foxconn Male employees died, 22 years old.　　April 7, 2010, Guanlan factory outside the dormitory, Ning surnamed female employees fell to death, 18 years old.　　April 6, 2010, Guanlan C8 dormitory female workers Shoshuchen fell, still in hospital treatment, 18 years old.　　March 29, 2010, Longhua plant, a male employee fell from the dormitory upstairs, died on the spot, 23 years old.　　March 17, 2010, Foxconn Longhua Park, the new female staff Tian Tian from the 3 floor dormitory jumped, fell on the first floor injured. January 23, 2010, 4 o'clock in the morning Xu, Foxconn 19-Year-old employee horse died forward.　　Police investigation, horse forward "death of high mortality."　　May 6, 2010, Luvin from the balcony jumped, unfortunately killed. According to Luvin colleagues Ceng memories, that day he said there to see the scenery, after finishing this sentence stood for a while, quickly, the window opened, jumped to the balcony, and then jumped from the balcony, hesitation did not hesitate.　　We immediately got up to pull him, pulled him a little clothes on the left arm, he was dumped. The 24-Year-old Luvin, who entered Foxconn in August 2009, is a member of the 09 elite Foxconn class, the Cadre reserve class, with a monthly base salary of 2000 yuan. This likes music, once participated in Hunan Satellite TV Happy Male contest Luvin, have a dream is can be a singer. We went to visit the rented dormitory Luvin outside the factory. The rent is 370 yuan per month. Most of the belongings have been taken away by their families. Here, we found some Luvin payroll. December 2009, 2781 Yuan, January 2010, 2240 Yuan. March 2010, 3541 Yuan. Luvin's basic salary of 2000 yuan, plus overtime, will have a monthly income of two thousand or three thousand yuan.　　During his 8-month career, he sent 13000 yuan to his family. Xiao Zeng: I remember the first payday, he seemed to send 1800 or 1900, he sent 1500 back.　　I feel great, very good. In Luvin's blog diary, we saw such a passage: "For the money came to the company, the results did not enter the research and development, came to the manufacturing." It's a lot of money, but it's a waste of life and future. At first it wasShould not value money, ah, really regret, now my life, the first step is wrong. Very confused.　　"May 11, 2010, I wish morning Ming from the roof of the rental house jumped, killed."　　Small wish of the coworker Xiao Li: She put the feelings look so heavy, and for people so good, how will willing to leave us.　　Shan rented the camera in the building corridor to record the moment of tragedy. May 11, 18:36. A girl walks out of 604 rooms in the building, goes straight to the top floor and shakes a little.　　18:37, this figure disappears on the top platform.　　Shian, Henan People, 24 years old, starting from May 6, there is no normal work, has been in leave state. Xiao Zhu's coworker Xiao Li: She is 1.74-meter height, and studied models before.　　Previously said to go abroad for further study. What is the reason for forcing these young people to freeze the last moments of their lives at such an extreme scene? At the Shenzhen Longhua People's Hospital, we saw a fall injured still in the treatment of small field staff.　　Although Xiao Tian lucky to pick up a life, but her pelvic fracture, the lower body has lost consciousness, every day can only rely on the help of their parents to roll over. Xiao Tian's parents said that the child is now psychologically fragile. In the 10 minutes we talked to the little field, she told us that the main reason she jumped was because of her work, but whether she was too tired or unhappy, or other reasons, we didn't know.　　She was still very sad when she mentioned it. There are a lot of young people coming to Foxconn to find a job, and there is a long line of new recruits that are set up every day. Since 6 o'clock in the morning, thousands of people have been gathered here.　　Although Foxconn has had nine jumps in a row in five months, it has not stopped these young people from rushing in from all directions. These mature or immature young people, from Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Jiangxi and other parts of the country. Most of them came here to apply for their friends ' introductions or for Foxconn's fame.　　And they apply for this job, each month is only just meet the Shenzhen minimum wage standard 900 yuan of ordinary work. Candidate one: The advantage here is that the bag eats and lives. It is the labor law. I'm just going to come and try. When asked if they would choose to work overtime, they told us that the applicant is two: that must be willing to work overtime.　　Because do not work overtime, take a basic salary, in that case, there is no money. Candidates three: willing, very willing to work overtime. More than 10 hours is no problem.　　12 hours is no problem.　　Reporter: Can you bear it? Candidates three: can withstand.　　People in the countryside are doing farm work at home.　　We noticed that some of the candidates had even taken the suitcase to the recruiting site.　　When we asked about the recent incidents in which Foxconn workers jumped, there was no effect on their coming to work. Candidates one: should not have it.　　entirely on their own. Candidate two: this, I thinkWithout much influence.　　Candidates three: I think that is a personal psychological quality problem.　　In the recruitment site to fill out the recruitment information, we even found a only 17-year-old Jiangxi young girl Carambola English.　　Reporter: You are so small, the first time to work, not afraid of hardship ah, involved ah?　　Carambola Ying: Not afraid Ah, I often do things at home.　　Journalist: doing farm work?　　Carambola English: Hmm.　　Like this 17-year-old Jiangxi Girl, the majority of the young people come to apply for the country, with the quality of hard work, they hope that through their hard-working at Foxconn to realize their desire to earn money. Recruiting point staff said that every day here to recruit two thousand or three thousand people, most of the time has reached tens of thousands of people.　　For Foxconn, staff mobility is a real problem.　　Foxconn Longhua Park Senior deputy Wan Hongfei told us that now a phenomenon is a high turnover rate, especially grass-roots staff, our statistics, probably in 2004, 2005, only 2% per month, 3%, now increased to 4%, 5%, almost increased by one times.　　Foxconn, one of the world's leading foundry companies, has 300,000 employees in Longhua, or 15000, or even the total number of employees in a large company, if it is calculated on the basis of a 5% loss per month. Even in this eye-catching position at the gate of Foxconn, the most mobile people, we see a notice of such a recommended reform entry award. The recommended time limit is from May 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010.　　Each recommendation succeeds a general workers, the Recommender will receive 80 Yuan prize. One of the most common processes on Fujitsu's production lines is adhesive tape. On a motherboard, workers have to paste 18 such small tape paper, completed in two minutes. Like an ordinary worker, 220 motherboards are completed daily.　　Their 10 hours of work a day is spent in this simple and repetitive labor. 18 rubber strips, 220 motherboards, this is 3,960 tape paper.　　That is to say, the workers tear off 3960 strips of glue each day and then paste 3960. Simple repetitive work like this is the norm on this factory's assembly line and is ubiquitous.　　Each worker has a fixed position, each worker repeats the same movement every day, and these repetitive movements bind these ordinary workers to the machine. These ordinary workers only 900 yuan per month base salary, probably a little more than 5 yuan per hour. If they work only 8 hours a day, then they can only get the basic salary of 900 yuan. If they want to earn more money, they have to choose to work overtime, have to choose to give up their leisure time, standing in front of the machine, for simple and repetitive work.　　Overtime seems to be a logical part of the life of the ordinary workers at Foxconn. We immediately interviewed some employees of Yang Lin: everyDays plus two hours.　　Zhu Wentao: Now to work, I definitely like to add a little class, earn a little more money, Reporter: In your salary, overtime to the amount of this kind of money accounted for how much proportion?　　Long: This can't be said, sometimes.　　Journalist: half?　　Long: there is. Long said, work long, oneself also can feel tired. Optimistic and cheerful, she encountered a problem or too tired, she will choose to listen to music, or chat with others, so that they can relax. They both felt sorry and did not understand the incident of a succession of employees jumping out of the fire.　　I think they are too suicidal, there are many things, I feel that there are not so many things to take, so a jump all the people, the majority of people's hope to jump out.　　Journalist: Who do most people mean?　　Long: Family, friends. Yang Lin: Even if you do not think for yourself, but also for your parents to think, they keep you so much easier?　　Do not because of their own little take, always think of jumping, jumping. Different people, face problems will take different approaches. Some people, mentally strong some, may be handled more in place, some people psychologically vulnerable, may take extreme ways. However, these young life is so fixed in this flowering youth. In the face of a spate of jumping incidents, Foxconn has also taken some measures.　　Hope to stop the recurrence of such events. At Fuji Kang 2. 3 sq km of factory area, there are 300,000 employees. 300,000 this number, the equivalent of a small county. A small county with a population of 300,000 will generally have an area of twenty or thirty sq km or greater. We also noticed in this factory that there are restaurants, supermarkets and banks. More like a small society. So, how to get these 300,000 people in this 2.　　3 square kilometers of factory, able to work effectively and live healthily, is bound to become the company's managers face a major problem. Foxconn has stepped up its psychological grooming measures after a spate of employee jumps. Specially in the company's main street next to open a "staff care center", opened the "78585" hotline, take the Italian homophonic "please help me", to receive advice and complaints from employees.　　Hope to create a barrier-free communication platform for employees and pour out channels. Care Center staff: most of them are mainly financial pressure. There is also the question of personal feelings.　　This will be a bit more. Journalist: What is the economic pressure?　　What they say.　　Care Center staff: Just think the money is relatively few ah.　　Journalist: What is the proportion of stress that is reflected in the work? Care Center staff: about 30%. Say more tired.　　This way.　　The care center's staff told us that every day they received more than 100 hotlines. Foxconn Science and Technology Group spokesman Yang Ch: We to the present incomplete statistics probably should have more than 30, said may also lead to the same tragedy, of course, I am not sureThis, in short, is effective defense, Foxconn also use a paid information mechanism, encourage everyone if found around the workers are not feeling good, timely reflect to the relevant departments, can be 200 yuan to 500 yuan of reward.　　At the same time, I also hope to cultivate a habit of caring for 300,000 of employees. At Foxconn's Special Counseling Center, we met a young man.　　He spoke of his inner anxiety.　　I may not be able to adjust myself.　　Reporter: What is pressing you, let you adjust not come over? Employee: Fear.　　After all, the company happened, afraid of the company is cursed, or that feng shui is not good.　　Journalist: I noticed that some of your company's slogans, the classic slogan is "Devil hidden in the details," Yang Ch: is a journalist: I also noticed that there is a sentence, called the enterprise into a dilemma there are two major factors, a major factor is away from the customer, a major factor is far away from the staff, away from　　Yang Ch: yes.　　Reporter: Then i want to know that the staff in psychological problems, calculate that we are far away from the staff of a performance?　　Yang Ch: Should calculate, precisely, because the distance with the staff is not only a physical distance, in fact, more important should be a heart distance. In the Heart Harbor Studio, the professional psychological counselor for the staff diagnosis and treatment, but also equipped with special equipment to help employees relax.　　Also set up such a vent room, the staff can use rubber sticks to hit the rubber doll in front of, catharsis out of psychological bad mood.　　Yang Ch told us that you have to explore why so many people commit suicide, if really blame the company's reasons, I think there is a Foxconn people too much, too much of your resource allocation, when you divide into people, it becomes very small.　　300,000 people's factory, more like a society. We also clearly see that Foxconn has many good practices. Come here to work, all can live in such 8 people a dormitory, bathroom, toilet readily available. These employees are given a daily meal of 11 yuan a day. Moreover, their work clothes are dirty can be given to a specialized company to clean. These are free. At the same time, Foxconn has two such large gyms in the factory, equipped with dozens of fitness equipment. The factory also has a sports ground, 5 swimming pools. After work, employees can choose their own fitness activities according to their preferences. These, too, are free. In order to take care of everyone's different preferences, the company also set up a special internet café. Employees can watch the news on the internet, watch movies, and chat with friends.　　These are also free.　　But, as Yang ch says, these resources are tiny when deployed to each of the 300,000 employees. Many people, crowded, is the characteristic here. Downstairs in the dorm, we saw hundreds of young people, threes together, smoking and drinking drinks.　　However, as there are not enough chairs to sit on, they can only squat on the ground, or sit on the concrete table under the tree, in exchange for a moment of leisure. Shenzhen Institute of Contemporary Social ObservationDirector Liu Kaiming: So if there is no proper mechanism, can let this kind of problem get a soothing, can take oneself from a robot, a money-making tool to become a person, that may have this kind of emotional or physical, psychological aspects of the problem will appear, will occur, extreme events occur. Liu Kaiming, who once worked as a journalist, began to pay attention to the research of peasant workers ' rights and interests since 1997. More than 20 employees have spent a year to visit the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River delta more than 400 processing enterprises, involving more than 100,000 ordinary workers.　　They think, in a way, that workers are hijacked by machines and become machines. Liu Kaiming: I remember two years ago I was in a company in Suzhou to do loom, I told the boss, we do one hours together, I do one hours, I asked him the feeling, he said mind wood.　　Yes. If a worker, if doing the same simple repetitive work 10 hours, this day down, he will find himself is a wooden man, then the other, we know that people have all kinds of emotions, this emotions will be suppressed, suppressed if we say in the evening, or say Sunday,　　During the rest of the day, we can not quickly restore him to a person, then we will have a physical, psychological high tension, and finally the outbreak of conflict. 900 yuan minimum living standard, what can be done in Shenzhen? Can pay the most remote place cheapest house rent 2.5 months, you can eat a few meals, you can see 10 movies, you can buy some of the most common clothes. As a result, these workers had to passively choose to work overtime.　　Because only overtime, they pay more time, they can earn more overtime. Liu Kaiming: This is very common, it can be said that 99% of the factory is the case, Foxconn as the world's largest foundry industry, one of the world's top 500.　　Since 1988 in Shenzhen plant since the rapid development of enterprises, 7 consecutive years in mainland China's export 200 strong, 2009 in the "Fortune" of the world's top 500 companies ranked 109th.　　The group's turnover of 800 million yuan in 1996, reached 420.7 billion yuan in 2008, after experiencing the global economic crisis, in 2009, remained in the 394.4 billion yuan. Meanwhile, the number of employees in the company increased from 9000 in 1996 to 74 in 2009. 80,000 people. In the 2010, it was the army of 800,000 people.　　As the manufacturing industry that earns the lowest end of the smile Curve, the creator of Foxconn's wealth is the 800,000 young people who are the creators of the global Foundry.　　Yang Ch: Some of the High-tech, like we are some of the world's most fashionable products, it is actually some must be done through the hands. In front of the bookstore at Foxconn's Longhua plant, the poster of Terry Gou and Foxconn is conspicuous. Foxconn's 24-hour shift, mass production, tactics from orders to deliveriesinto, so that customers grab the opportunity.　　The first of Foxconn's corporate culture is "the culture of hard work", and the first element of "Happy Enterprise" here is "Ankang".　　Yang Ch: I hope Foxconn is a business that lets young people, because I want to target my group, let the young people, with the dream of young people, do not break their dreams here. Liu Kaiming that Liu Kaiming: these young people came into the society after taking the first step, they met a wall. And all our mechanisms are to repel them, and all our voices tell them that you are working people and you do not belong here. All the information is bad for them.　　The combination of everything exacerbates their plight.　　Such contradictions can not be solved, when there is no way to overcome, vulnerable people will choose the form of suicide to overcome this difficulty. According to a study released by the World Health Organization at the end of 2009, the number of suicides worldwide was around 1 million in 2009, and the number of suicides in China accounted for 26%.　　The total of 1.3 billion people, that is, 100,000 suicides, about 20.　　Yang Ch:: We really do not have a very good answer, because our work to strengthen the intensity can be said, has even reached the way, panic, treatment of special such groups, suicidal tendencies should give what kind of care and help, this we are very distressed. Although Yang Ch said that he did not want the dream of young people to be crushed in Foxconn, but, Luvin in the diary, just reveal the loss of the dream was broken. Now, the generation, the workers, has become the ranks of the Cenozoic, known as the second generation of migrant workers.　　At the Foxconn company, 80, the workers have exceeded 85%. Liu Kaiming: It's hard to say who is the last straw that crushed them, there are complicated reasons for all kinds of reasons, but I don't think we can blame themselves because they are very young, many 16-year-olds, 17, 18, 19-year-olds with very little children, who have no mental growth,　　They have stepped into society prematurely, shouldering the burden of creating wealth for our country, for enterprises and for the big enterprises such as Foxconn, so I feel that our society should shoulder the greatest responsibility and that our government should shoulder the most responsibility. Half-hour observation: if isolated, Foxconn's 10-hop event can easily be attributed to individual employees, after all, compared with the total of hundreds of thousands of employees, 10 is a trivial figure. But when the 10 young people jump, in fact, there are many invisible behind them, social transformation period of collective anxiety, manufacturing enterprises brutal survival rules, social and cultural support of the serious deficiencies. The current contradictions of reality, in Foxconn, the most typical foundry enterprise, found the ideal breeding environment, quietly accumulated, until the hearts of 10 of employees caused a nuclear fusion. The heavy burden of these young lives in Foxconn is actually what the economy and society payA price to help them unload these burdens, corporate responsibility can not shirk, the government and the community have a duty to do. If we disregard these intangible social costs, any economic development will not return to the real happiness index.