A Chinese iPhone factory worker says he saw a colleague have his pay reduced for spending too much time drinking water, report says

• A worker told Rest of World what working at a Foxconn factory where iPhones are assembled in China is like.

• The worker said he saw a colleague have his pay lowered for spending too long drinking.

• Nicknamed Hunter, the worker told Rest of World he felt he was stripped of his "rights and dignity."

A man who worked in a Chinese factory assembling the iPhone 14 witnessed a colleague getting his pay reduced for spending too long drinking water, a report said.

Nicknamed Hunter, a 34-year-old who worked at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China, shared with nonprofit tech publication Rest of World insights into what it is like to work in a windowless workshop assembling iPhones.

Hunter told Rest of World he had worked in a number of roles at the plant over more than a decade, and that his last assignment included working on the iPhone 14 Pro assembly line last year. He worked 10-hours shifts and had to assemble 600 iPhones every day.

His every move inside the factory was monitored by the "xianzhang" – or line leaders – who frequently reprimanded people, he said. Hunter told Rest of World he had a strict hour-long lunch break and if he had to go to the toilets, he would need to make up for the lost time.

In the facility distinguishing between day and night was difficult, Hunter said.