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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by quitit on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @02:42PM (#34431937)
Reminds me of the chinese factories we used. We paid the staff to take downtime, otherwise they'd use free time to work in other factories.

Their goal was simple: make a dowry or funds to support the family in the village. Once that was achieved they'd not return after Chinese new year.

Every year 15-20% of assembly workers would not return after CNY.

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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by latchkey on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @04:11PM (#34433125)
At least in Vietnam, there is something similar... the 13th month of salary. Stay long enough for your Tet holiday bonus and then switch jobs after getting back to work from VNY. Usually for a higher paying job because now you had more experience.
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