Foxconn Installing Safety Nets to Catch Jumpers?

[Darth Sushi]

Foxconn Installing Safety Nets to Catch Jumpers?
June 29, 2010 by Jane McEntegart - source: Tom's Hardware US

" Is Foxconn installing safety nets to prevent more deaths?

Foxconn has received a ton of attention because of a cluster of suicides at one of the company's Chinese factories. It's led to scrutiny of working conditions at the factory and a number of undercover reports have provided detailed descriptions of what it's like to work at the electronics manufacturing plant.

Foxconn has taken steps to try and stop the suicides. The company has hired councilors, monks and exorcists and given everyone a raise. They also asked employees to sign no-suicide contracts but retracted the idea after they realized it was a bit insensitive.

The latest effort on Foxconn's part appears to be installing safety nets to catch those who do decide to jump. A Gizmodo tipster sent in a photo of what are allegedly Foxconn-owned buildings in China. The photo also features safety nets that were supposedly installed to prevent any more deaths.

Foxconn has yet to comment on whether the picture on Gizmodo is actually of factory buildings. "

Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Fox...ion,10759.html

[mr. nails]

it's so sad it's funny.

[Darth Sushi]

Yeah, it's sad and funny. If a depressed person wants to jump, how stupid do you have to be to see the net and still jump?

[jibblet]

Looks like fun. I would jump...

[maphongbax]

Committing suicide because of bad working condition ??? What a bunch of losers. Can't they just quit and get another job or at least try to live on food stamp for a few months? Chinese are weird.

[mr. nails]

Committing suicide because of bad working condition ??? What a bunch of losers. Can't they just quit and get another job or at least try to live on food stamp for a few months? Chinese are weird.

because a lot of ppl are FORCED to work there and for the ppl who volunteer to work there it's to try to get a "decent" paying job when jobs are scarce to begin with.

[Appzalien]

Its more likely the high incidence of suicide islinked to some awful chemical their exposed to in the production of mobos. One of the reasons all that stuff is made there instead of the US or other countries is that they get away with murder when it comes to employee heath and safety. Low wages seem to always be the first thing people think of when it comes to jobs moving to china, but in china pollution is atrocious and employees are exposed to stuff we could sue the pants off the company for.

[Darth Sushi]

Its more likely the high incidence of suicide islinked to some awful chemical their exposed to in the production of mobos. One of the reasons all that stuff is made there instead of the US or other countries is that they get away with murder when it comes to employee heath and safety. Low wages seem to always be the first thing people think of when it comes to jobs moving to china, but in china pollution is atrocious and employees are exposed to stuff we could sue the pants off the company for.

Quite a few of the jumpers were employees who lost a prototype or under investigation for selling information.