Over the past weekend, Bloomberg published exclusive information that came to him from the plant Pegatron from China where the company assembles the iPhone. Apple's main factory in this sense is Foxconn, but Tim Cook and company decided, as they usually do to not depend so much on the same company, to distribute their orders, so Pegatron has become part of the iPhone supply chain .
In his article, Bloomberg describes how Pegatron managed workload, tracked hours through automated systems, or addressed work issues such as overtime. Although the press visit to the factory may seem normal, it is actually the primera vez what pegatron officially allows journalists access to its factories, a facility where around 50.000 people work. Most importantly, they also allowed photos to be taken to document everything.
The press enters one of the Pegatron factories
The employees of this plant are closely watched cameras with facial recognition and other types of identifiers that allow them to unlock some tools. In addition, they also have to go through metal detectors to verify that they do not take anything that they can filter later. According to Bloomberg, an ad calls workers at 9:20 and they are all working and assembling iPhones six minutes later.
Some of the automated identification procedures are used to prevent employees at this plant from working too many overtime and thereby comply with Apple's regulations for its supply chain. And it is that in October of last year it was discovered that the majority of Pegatron employees worked more than 60 hours a week.
After learning about the above information, it is not surprising that not all employees at the plant are happy. Bloomberg interviewed some who said that most prefer to work overtime because wages are low. The problem is that regulations prevent workers from working too much overtime and Apple, like any other company, must comply with the country's regulations.