China’s Youth / They don’t want to work in factories says Foxconn

Young people across China are increasingly shunning monotonous, low-paid assembly line jobs, leaving Foxconn, the maker of iPhones and iPads, struggling to attract enough workers, according to the electronics manufacturer’s chairman.

Terry Gou, founder of the company which is China’s largest private employer, says he is upgrading Foxconn’s training programs and automating more of its assembly lines in the face of a labour shortage.

“The young generation don’t want to work in factories, they want to work in services or the internet or another more easy and relaxed job,” he said on the sidelines of a meeting of Asian business and political leaders in Bali, Indonesia.

“Many workers are moving to the services sector and, in the manufacturing sector, total demand [for workers] is now more than supply.”

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via Young Chinese shunning factory jobs, says Foxconn founder – FT.com.