Pegatron este unul dintre partenerii Apple care asambleaza iDevice-uri, insa conditiile de lucru din fabricile sale sunt la fel de proaste precum sunt cele din cadrul Foxconn. Un audit independent facut recent in fabricile companiei releva faptul ca angajatii au conditii de locuit proaste, nu primesc echipament suficient de bun care sa ii protejeze impotriva materialelo utilizate in fabricarea iDevice-urilor, muncesc prea mult si nu-si primesc tot timpul banii. Mai mult decat atat, companiile intermediare care ii angajeaza ii obliga sa munceasca o anumita perioada de timp in fabricile Pegatron, altfel ii obliga sa plateasca amenzi, iar odata ajunsi acolo li se retin actele de identitate pentru a ii impiedica sa plece si sa se angajeze in alta parte.
Recruitment firms, which are paid for each worker they refer, often take part of a worker’s pay if the employee fails to work a fixed period and also sometimes fails to provide legally mandated insurance that Pegatron says it is paying the recruiters to provide, according to labor groups. One worker from Henan province surnamed Zhu said she was hired through an intermediary recruiting company, and has now found that she has to work for three months to avoid fines from the recruiter. Ms. Zhu, who works on an iPhone assembly line, said she plans to leave the factory after three months. “They don’t tell you everything,” she said.
In ciuda acestor acuzatii, cei de la Apple sustin in documentatia privind partenerii ca verificarile lor din ultimele luni au relevat doar cateva dintre probleme, compania cerandu-le celor de la Pegatron sa le remedieze. Acum Apple are in fata problemele pe care le avea anul trecut cu Foxconn, atunci presa internationala acuzand Apple ca sustine o companie care chinuie angajatii din fabrici. Deocamdata compania nu a raspuns in fata acuzatiilor facute de catre agentia care a facut acest audit si probabil nici nu va raspunde, insa imaginea sa ar putea fi serios afectata daca presa internationala analizeaza atent problema.