Foxconn Accused of Forcing InternsTo Build PS4s Or Lose School Credit 196
An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from a short article at Geek.com, based on this Chinese newspaper report (Google translation) that thousands of students have been (figuratively) press-ganged into assembling PlayStation 4 consoles, ahead of the PS4's November launch. From the article: "The students involved were offered internships at the company while studying an IT engineering course. But those that accepted aren't being assigned work that matches their course or skill set. Instead, they are being put on the production lines. The reason it is being called a forced internship is because if any of the students refuse to do the work they are assigned, six credits will be deducted from their course total. Without those six credits it's thought to be impossible to pass, meaning the students have to do the work or risk losing their qualification."
We aren't 'forcing' anyone! (Score:5, Funny)
Celebrate (Score:2, Funny)
Apple must be responsible for this somehow! (Score:1, Funny)
But how can this be tied back to Apple? Isn't everything bad that Foxconn does Apple's fault? I'm sure Apple is responsible for this somehow if we dig hard enough!
Re:Everything old is new again. (Score:5, Funny)
And not press-ganged, but Shanghaied.
Re:Apple must be responsible for this somehow! (Score:5, Funny)
"I was an indentured servant at Foxconn and all I got was this stupid tee shirt" just does not have the same humorous impact.