DAY 2: Signing Contract – “No Environmental Harm?”

The second day began with signing the contract were the journalist, along with other new workers were asked to sign the employment contract. According to MIC, the contract highly emphasized on 4 confidential areas that need to be kept strictly confidential, 1: All technical information, 2: Sales figures, 3: Human resource, 4: Production statistics. The contract didn’t mention much on the overtime works. Under the section of “Possible harmful effects that may cause to worker during production”, the management has asked them to tick “No” for all of them, which included “Noise pollution” and “Toxic Pollution.”

DAYS 3 to 6: Training Session – “All You Need To Do Is OBEY”

The day after signing of the contract, employees were briefed with the history of Foxconn company, policies and safety measures. The entire conference emphasized on one point: “When you leave the lab, there’s no advanced technology, you only need to obey instructions.” The journalist was given a checklist with only 13 rewards policies but over 70 penalties policies, afterwards which they are asked to watch an orientation video on the Foxconn factory. The factory’s controversial suicide issues were always unanswered by the management, whenever someone raised a question on that. However, the journalist had noticed that all the windows in the dormitory were framed behind bars.