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Foxconn Worker Jumps From Factory Amid Job Cuts, Report Says

Foxconn Worker Jumps From Factory Amid Job Cuts, Report Says

In the United States, Apple routinely is ranked one of the best employers. But in China, Foxconn -- the principal manufacturer of Apple products -- has been accused of Dickensian conditions, which have led to a string of worker suicides. On Friday, a Foxconn worker reportedly was so upset about the prospect of ...

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Apple To Bring Jobs Back To The U.S. -- And Treat Workers Better

Apple To Bring Jobs Back To The U.S. -- And Treat Workers Better

By Peter Svensson NEW YORK -- "Those jobs aren't coming back." That's what Steve Jobs reportedly told President Obama when asked at a dinner in early 2011 whether Apple would consider moving some of its manufacturing from China to the United States. Jobs' successor, CEO Tim Cook, might have another ...

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Workers' Brawl Shuts Down Foxconn iPhone Factory

Workers' Brawl Shuts Down Foxconn iPhone Factory

By Joe McDonald BEIJING -- The company that makes Apple's iPhones suspended production at a factory in China on Monday after a brawl by as many as 2,000 employees at a dormitory injured 40 people. ...

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Want To Get A Job At Apple? Here's How

Want To Get A Job At Apple? Here's How

Do you want to wear your favorite jeans, swing from a trapeze in a giant transparent cube, and predict the future? Working at Apple may not be exactly like that, but it's probably the closest you can get. Apple is hiring for a whole host of positions, from engineers at its corporate headquarters to customer ...

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Nokia Cuts 10,000 Jobs, Blames Tough Competition

Nokia Cuts 10,000 Jobs, Blames Tough Competition

By Matti Huuhtanen HELSINKI -- Nokia Corp. will lay off 10,000 jobs globally and close plants by the end of 2013, the company said Thursday, in a further drive to save costs and streamline operations. Nokia said it will shut some research and development projects, including in Ulm, Germany, and Burnaby, ...

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Apple Assembly Line Gets Pay Raise, Fewer Hours

Apple Assembly Line Gets Pay Raise, Fewer Hours

By Peter Svensson NEW YORK -- Chinese workers who often spend more than 60 hours per week assembling iPhones and iPads will have their overtime hours curbed and their pay increased after a labor auditor hired by Apple Inc. inspected their factories. ...

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Employees Rank CEOs And Some Grades Fall [Infographic]

Employees Rank CEOs And Some Grades Fall [Infographic]

Think your company has a great leader in charge? Well, plenty of folks at the nation's largest employers believe that -- even when the CEOs have been engulfed in controversy, according to the results of a new employee survey by career website Glassdoor. Employee reviews give Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd ...

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Apple Has Created Over Half A Million U.S. Jobs, Report Says

Apple Has Created Over Half A Million U.S. Jobs, Report Says

Apple Inc.'s reputation has received a battering in recent months as stories emerged of child labor, forced overtime, minimum-wage violations, unsafe conditions, and suicides at its contracted factories in China. If people are angry about your reliance on cheap, exploited, foreign labor, it's smart PR to ...

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Fortune's Most Admired Companies

Fortune's Most Admired Companies

This year marks the 15th anniversary for Fortune's list of the World's Most Admired Companies. In that span only three companies -- GE, Berkshire Hathaway, and P&G -- have ranked first in their industry every time. This year's all-star list is led by tech companies, and Apple takes the No. 1 spot. ...

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