USA - $1.21 an hour for 122 hour week!
USA - $1.21 an hour for 122 hour week!
A Silicon Valley company that had a quarterly profit of $200 million, brought some workers over from it's Indian office, and paid them $1.21 an hour in America and made them work long hours.
Electronics for Imaging (EFI) flew eight employees in from its office in Bangalore, India, and paid them the equivalent of $1.21 an hour, the San Jose Mercury News reported this week. The foreign employees were called in to help install computers for the Fremont, California-based company, which paid them in Indian rupees.
Additionally, these employees worked extensive hours – up to 122 hours a week in some cases. They were employed inside of the United States last year from September 8 until December 21.
http://rt.com/usa/199128-silicon-valley ... iolations/
It's not the first time a California business has paid slave wages
From the same article
Nevertheless, the $1.21-per-hour wage is the lowest Blanco has ever seen in Northern California since 2012, when Bloom Energy was fined for paying Mexican employees just $2.66 an hour for repairing generators.
Electronics for Imaging (EFI) flew eight employees in from its office in Bangalore, India, and paid them the equivalent of $1.21 an hour, the San Jose Mercury News reported this week. The foreign employees were called in to help install computers for the Fremont, California-based company, which paid them in Indian rupees.
Additionally, these employees worked extensive hours – up to 122 hours a week in some cases. They were employed inside of the United States last year from September 8 until December 21.
http://rt.com/usa/199128-silicon-valley ... iolations/
It's not the first time a California business has paid slave wages
From the same article
Nevertheless, the $1.21-per-hour wage is the lowest Blanco has ever seen in Northern California since 2012, when Bloom Energy was fined for paying Mexican employees just $2.66 an hour for repairing generators.
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Re: USA - $1.21 an hour for 122 hour week!
Ever been to India? Bar a handful, being in the office for 122 means about 25 hours of actual work time.
Re: USA - $1.21 an hour for 122 hour week!
plus probably zilch own investment in previous education.
western ppl in the west earn more, but they have then substantial education and dont sleep half of the day in the chairs, supposed to be for the guests...
western ppl in the west earn more, but they have then substantial education and dont sleep half of the day in the chairs, supposed to be for the guests...
Re: USA - $1.21 an hour for 122 hour week!
They were working in America, so I doubt they were allowed to slack four out of every five hours work time.
India has highly educated and skilled workers, and is booming. It's 2014. Catch up!
I'm surprised you guys find it acceptable for a company to exploit workers so badly. What did you think about the Mexicans getting poorly paid?
India has highly educated and skilled workers, and is booming. It's 2014. Catch up!
I'm surprised you guys find it acceptable for a company to exploit workers so badly. What did you think about the Mexicans getting poorly paid?
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Re: USA - $1.21 an hour for 122 hour week!
Wow, big fat fine of $3500. Bet that hurt.
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Re: USA - $1.21 an hour for 122 hour week!
Yep. They didn't like me in Kolkata. It was mutual.Satiated Parrot wrote:Ever been to India?
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Re: USA - $1.21 an hour for 122 hour week!
You might be surprised...UKJ wrote:They were working in America, so I doubt they were allowed to slack four out of every five hours work time.
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As OD said, you'd be surprised. And yes, India does have highly skilled and educated workers, but in general, work efficiency and effectiveness are both way, way lower there than in the West. The economy is doing better than it has done for the past 50 years, but let's face it, it'll be another 50 years before India is anything other than a third world mess. I don't mean all this in a condescending way, just stating facts.UKJ wrote:They were working in America, so I doubt they were allowed to slack four out of every five hours work time.
India has highly educated and skilled workers, and is booming. It's 2014. Catch up!
I'm surprised you guys find it acceptable for a company to exploit workers so badly. What did you think about the Mexicans getting poorly paid?
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Re: USA - $1.21 an hour for 122 hour week!
If people work on American soil, they should be paid American wages. I hope they received overtime pay too, but the article makes me think otherwise.
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I doubt their American counterparts received overtime. Few white-collar jobs pay overtime.MekongMouse wrote:If people work on American soil, they should be paid American wages. I hope they received overtime pay too, but the article makes me think otherwise.
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