- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
People saying that they are "disappointed" that some "Chinese guys" are making THEIR helmet in 12 seconds need to get a little better educated in more ways than one before posting on here.
For starters, they make 36,000 helmets a week. That means, they make about 36,000 a week...however, if you play with unit conversions you can make that seem like anything you want, say for example, there is one helmet made every 12 seconds. Is one helmet actually molded and assembled in exactly 12 seconds? No, not at all, but it is a nifty way of showing how quickly all the parts are coming together and how hard these people are working to bring us this quality product.
As for the people being disappointed that Microsoft and Bungie are "exploiting cheap labor," I suggest you read up on what is actually occurring overseas. I don't know the exact details, but I do know their wages and standard of living vary greatly with ours. A $20 DVD over here costs about $1 to $2 over there, so a smaller amount of money goes a lot further over there. Many workers in China and other Asian countries make $.30 an hour, where our minimum wage is around $5 to $7 for relatively unskilled labor. That translates to a lot of savings in production if the helmets are made overseas instead of here, which is also why many companies (not just Microsoft) use this strategy.
I don't claim to know everything about their lifestyles, but I have learned enough to know when it is inappropriate to bash corporations, especially ones like Bungie, when in reality not many over here know what is happening. Bungie won't deliver a shotty product, but they also won't exploit hard working people overseas. In the end, have a little faith in Bungie.