How did bosses treat factory workers in the mid-1800s?

Answer 1

Most of the workers were treated quite badly as the conditions needed to make the products had to be often very warm, and dry. child labour was common as they were very cheap to employ. their parents couldn't afford to feed them if they didn't work. Workers had to work extremely long hours with often little or no breaks and the work they had to do was often menial, boring and extremely uncomfortable.

not all factory workers were so mean though as robert owen owner of new lanark mill in Scotland would not allow children under 10 to work. he provided nice clean homes for his workers, and a school and many more things. he restricted working hours to 10 hours for 10-12yrs and 12 hours for 13-16. he was a good factory owner .

if a worker was sick, there was no paid day off. in fact they were fined 6 shillings if they could not find someone to replace them!

there was no compensation. if a worker was injured, they didn't get paid, they had to work with the injury or leave the mill.

i hope this helps.

Answer 2

Working conditions in 1840 where horrible. Children would work at the factories. At the start of the industrial revolution the working conditions at the factory was not that bad. Although as time went on the conditions became worse as the factory owners became cheap. Hours where long and pay was low. Some worker had 13 hour days. Many people contracted lung diseases because of the lack of ventilation and all the dust that was in the factory. In addition, many people where injured by the dangerous machinery. Female workers sometimes where wrongly fired, because many people where not educated they could not fight back. In the 1840s women where thought to be "less" then men.

the answer is,They worked longer hours and followed rules made by others.

Answer 3

It was pretty good they lived in fancy houses and smoked weed 24/7 and had sex all day long