Exclusive Look: Living at Foxconn

Shifts at a Foxconn factory are typically eight to ten minute a day . Since about one-half of the fellowship ’s Shenzhen employees survive on campus , an entire city has sprung up around them . They train . They eat on . They flirt .

I traveled to China to report on Foxconn and Shenzhen as part of a special feature for WIRED , which will be publish in an coming issue of the cartridge . In the lag , here ’s a modest glimpse of some of the affair I go out while in Shenzhen .

On this particular day in late October , hundreds of new employees parade around a large flying field in team - build exercises - primarily , as far as I could tell , butt in formation , something very familiar to anyone who die to elementary school in China .

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A man knits a floofy scarf while stand apart from the crowd . When I stopped to compliment him on his project and took a picture , his coworkers yelled and clapped in approval .

An on - campus university provide degrees that are recognized outside of Foxconn . Employees can devote for the schooling themselves or earn learning based on their performance .

Employees eat at a food court , a step - up from the standard mobile canteen through which K are fertilize each daytime . This intellectual nourishment courtroom provides profligate food for thought options that are run by outside eatery . Food seller provide different styles of food for thought that reflect the culinary art of many different areas of China — intellectual nourishment from home for workers , many of whom have go G of land mile to work in Shenzhen .

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Mall - like shop class line the principal thoroughfares of the campus , including this fruit market .

At the Efeihu.com shop , Foxconn employees can buy discounted products for themselves or their families .

At the “ Cyberfox Café ” , workers can watch videos , meet games , and surfboard the internet . There are freestanding , optional area for woman who require to use data processor in a more tranquil expanse , a well as “ couple ’s seating ” for those who want to , say , watch a movie together .

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An Xbox gaming area was not as well attended .

Technicians film a spot for an upcoming electronics show . Employing dozens , the Multimedia Office of Foxconn bring forth commercial message , training video , and other collective messaging for the Shenzhen campus as well as other campuses around the universe .

This particular report is a partnership between Gizmodo and WIRED Magazine .

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