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minus-squareTheProtector0034@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down4·7 months agoI agree however there is only 1 but and that’s the fact that the labor costs are much lower in China than in the West. Still a great job by China.
minus-squarenovibe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down3·7 months agoThat’s not so true nowadays. Skilled factory workers already make a good salary in China nowadays. Like better than any other “global south” country at least. And by cost of living, better than the US probably tbh.
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·7 months agodon’t need to be paying nearly as much for a skilled employee when cost of living is much lower
I agree however there is only 1 but and that’s the fact that the labor costs are much lower in China than in the West. Still a great job by China.
That’s not so true nowadays. Skilled factory workers already make a good salary in China nowadays. Like better than any other “global south” country at least. And by cost of living, better than the US probably tbh.
don’t need to be paying nearly as much for a skilled employee when cost of living is much lower