Decca Work Schedule
One of the most amazing things that is quickly apparent on a visit to manufacturing plants in China, is the diligence of the workers. They do not work necessarily fast, but they certainly work long hours. It is common for teams to work twelve hours a day, seven days a week. The daily schedule may vary from eight to twelve hours in a day, depending on the work load in each group’s specific area. The employees get one day off per month.Decca now has about 1500 employees here in the 800K square foot facility. It is spread over many interconnected buildings that rise up to six floors high. With the addition of 360K square feet, this will be an enormous plant. Employees will then number over 2200.
Many of the employees are housed right here in a dormitory. They get three meals per day of an hour period each. There are no other break periods. To serve all that many people the company has three shifts, twenty minutes apart (so lunch periods start at 11: 20, 11:40, and 12:00). The lunchroom is an incredible sight, and you don’t want to be in aisles when the lunch or dinner bell rings.
Here I am on a Saturday and it seems just like any other day. In fact we have made arrangements for a test in the finishing area that will continue on through Sunday. I keep being surprised on any morning to find that goods have progressed more than expected. Of course when they work late into the night, they get several more hours to move things along.
posted by A Bryson (formerly) in China @ 8:29 PM
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