You bang that troupe that builds all your electronics ? The one that makes your iPhone and your Xbox and your Kindle and has to installanti - suicide netsto deter miserable workers from ending their life ? It ’s a company love to Americans as Foxconn , and it ’s the 10th largest employer in the world .
The leaning of thetop 10largest employers is actually a passably useful snapshot for excuse the state of the worldly concern today . It shows our corporate values and how things are prioritized here in the early 21st century . What are our priorities , according to that list ? gun for hire , loyal solid food , oil , expatriation , and widget .
The US Department of Defense is the gravid employer in the world , with roughly 3.2 million citizenry taking a paycheck from the American armed forces . The secondly largest employer ? The Chinese armed services . The full list is below and come from theWorld Economic Forum .
Image : Workers on the production note at the Foxconn composite in Shenzhen in 2010 via Associated Press
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