Last week Friday, we had a second presentation in this semester.
I was taking about the Microsoft --"treatment of employees".
now ,let see a picture first!
what can you see in this picture. all the worker a young woman. They are sleeping...why?? they are so tired!!
now. i will talking about three things in Microsoft! 1.overwork 2.bad living condition 3.low wages
First---Overwork.Most of worker in Microsoft work from 7:00am to 10:00 pm. work six days a week. Overworked employees are becoming a real issue in Microsoft. And when we get to that point. Just because the employee is working harder. It doesn't mean that she or he is working better. As it turn out . Increased workloads that lead to overworked employees usually do more harm than good to the business.
Second---Bad living condition.The worker also sleep on site, in factory apartment. with 14 worker in a small room. They must buy their own mattresses and bed, or sleep on 28 in-wide plywood boards. many of the workers, because they are young woman, are regularly sexually harassed.
Third---The Microsoft only Paid the worker 0.65USD per hour. one worker said:" I know I can choose not to work overtime, but if i don't work overtime then i am stuck with only 770 Chinese yuan per month in basic wages." Only 770 Chinese yuan per month is not nearlt enough to support a family. Most of their parents are famers without job. They do not have pensions. What can they do??? just work overtime overtime overtime....
However, Microsoft is a wonderful company in the world, They pay more than 200 billion dollar in tax revenue worldwide. It is really help to push the economy grow. On the other hand, Microsoft need to have a fair treatment of employees. Each person has their own rights. Microsoft could not do like this things anymore. At last, Microsoft said it was committed to the "fair treatment and saftly of workers"
I agree with you. Microsoft pay a lotof money only in taxes, but this does not justify the abuse it has with its employees. Although I do not know who has most responsibility. On one hand, the same huge company like Microsoft in this case, or, in the other hand the government in these countries that ermit this kind of abuse over its employees. I think that the government must think more in the right's people and less on its income, and work toghether, business + governments in search of all involved, directly or indirectly gain.
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