Productivity of Workers and Conditions in Factories

1. Generally, the United States of America have better everything when it comes to living conditions and opportunities for jobs than most other places around the world. The video that we viewed yesterday at the end of class showed us how disgusting the toy shops for disney are in other parts of the world including (China, Hong Kong ). In those Disney toy shops, the workers all said that their are false wages that are said to be the wages but are actually higher than the real wages just so that these factories and companies do not get in trouble. The main difference between the two countries is the overseeing of the conditions in the factories. The american countries make sure that owners of factories and the people in charge are following the rules and that they are not exploiting the workers. In Hong Kong, there are several accounts where workers need to work several hours overtime just to earn enough money for them to survive. Also in the U.S. they make sure that the factories don't get too hot or too cold that it affects the workers in severally negative ways. In hong Kong and other countries around the world, if someone is working overtime, they can work to the point of exhaustion in a overheated factory and this happening over and over again is extremely detrimental to one's health. Then if you are a parent and your are working all day then you don't have time to take care of the rest of your family and this obviously is no just way to live. In the United States although factory jobs are not very joyful or grand, they are more regulated so that the conditions for the workers are manageable and they are paid at the expected rate. In Hong Kong wages are many times lower than they are said to be and the owners of the companies when inspected, pay the workers to lie and say that the conditions are good and they are being paid correctly.
2. I believe that a happier worker would produce the amount of work expected for them because they are in a good position but if you have an upset worker who is working countless hours just to survive, their productivity will most certainly be lower than that of someone who is well rested and has a comfortable life style. In the video that we viewed in class, there are several instances where women sleep at their jobs and skip a meal each day just because they need to make more money. It is absolutely disgusting how badly the conditions and treatment of these workers in third world countries are. But it is not like these people can just leave their jobs because of the crappy conditions. If they do quit, how will they survive? How could they possibly support a family? Their only option is to keep living this unhealthy lifestyle and gaining this extremely insufficient pay.
3. Altered Seasons : I chose this company because I found it very interesting and impressive that this was founded by Kelly Reddington when he was only 14 years old! That is something that young entrepreneurs should model themselves after because it is extremely impressive that while still in middle school someone could be that intelligent and confident in their own company.

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