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China's Youth Meet Microsoft
"We are like prisoners... We do not have a life, only work."
"The idea that ‘without sweatshops workers would starve to death' is a lie that corporate bosses use to cover their guilt."
"We are like prisoners," one worker said. "It seems like we live only to work. We do not work to live. We do not live a life, only work."
Microsoft Workers Shift
(15 hours)
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7:15 a.m. Unpaid. Arrive early, cue up and punch timecard. Stand at attention as supervisor leads drills. 7:30 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. Four hours work with one 10-minute unpaid break. 11:40 a.m. - 1:10 p.m. Lunch/Rest beak, 1 ½ hours.
1:10 p.m. - 5:20 p.m. Four hours work with one 10-minute unpaid break. 5:20 p.m. - 6:10 p.m. 50-minute supper break. 6:10 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. 3.8 hours overtime. 10:00 p.m. - 10:15 p.m. Unpaid. Straighten up work area. Listen to lecture by supervisor.
It’s a series that ranks as one of the all-time greats, and rivaled the insane popularity of Mario and his stable of heroes at its height. Time and the 3D Revolution may not have been kind to Sonic the Hedgehog, but in the mid-90s, there was a brief, shining period when the new, 32-bit world lay before the franchise with incredible promise. This month Lost Levels will show you how that promise went horribly wrong, leaving a wake of disrupted careers, lost promise, and even physical illness. Join us for the strange tale that was Sonic X-treme for the Sega Saturn.
