Love these mini documentaries. But I find it interesting that they mention selling prices of the items but almost never mention how much the artisans get paid.
@Bengalurean1
11 ай бұрын
They get paid in daily wages. About 300 to 400 Indian rupees for labor without art work involved. About 1000 Indian Rupees per day with art work involved. Also, there is a higher daily wage paid for male workers, as they tend to perform more physically intensive tasks than their female counterparts.
@adithyahk
10 ай бұрын
You wish they were treated like artisans! Why do you think their children and next generation is not ready to take up this job and instead migrating to cities! They are paid cheap labour
@draj124
9 ай бұрын
@@Bengalurean1 400 rupees is around like $5/day, if it takes a year to make one then it costs less than $2000 for labor, add in materials and shipping and maybe its $5000. The rugs then sell for 10k minimum at retail which means most of the profits are indeed going to the store.
@joshuaherman7265
9 ай бұрын
@@draj124the store also has cost and overhead. There is also shipping involved in getting the product to the store.
@gorak9000
9 ай бұрын
This looks like blatant exploitation of poor people that don't have anything else to do to me. They make out like it's handmade because it's complicated - it's hand made because you can pay all these people less to do it than it costs to buy a machine to do it.
@achintyasoni
Жыл бұрын
pays them a pittance . "We have struggled to find weavers 🤡 "
@TharnTara
11 ай бұрын
Much respect for the artists and the makers. But please give us more insight on the numbers, how much does these worker make? How much does the company make and what are the cost of production?
@wonhome2711
9 ай бұрын
what's the point. are you going to pay $20,000 for a carpet?
@Daedhart
Жыл бұрын
7:10 The literal blood and sweat being woven into the carpets...these people better be being paid at least a living wage, especially considering how expensive these carpets can be sold for. Guessing they only see a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of that profit...
@ChandranPrema123
Жыл бұрын
That's nail polish 💅😂
@KidBackup100
Жыл бұрын
@@ChandranPrema123Not even nail polish but Henna/Mehndi
@debbiemarquis3231
Жыл бұрын
Of a fraction..of a fraction...it's ridiculous
@ZeroInDaHouse
11 ай бұрын
One huge problem with many of these videos is its never mentioned how much they get paid and how that stacks to their local poverty line, I believe we are literally witnessing almost slave wages for products that make a lot of money in the west. The worker in the video literally said that he could feed his family from this can you imagine working 16-18h a day and that has to be your baseline for living? But I think if Business Insider started to in more deeply on that and these companies might start getting public backlash. And in the future no company will allow a Business Insider mini docu. Its kind of a double edged sword as without such videos we also don't see the people behind many things we take for granted in our lives and maybe perhaps we CAN make a change by supporting companies that do pay their workers more fairly.
@alva7701
9 ай бұрын
Agree
@Zahrul3
9 ай бұрын
The men working at the factory wearing hard hats get paid good wages. It's the women doing piece rate outsourced work, that get paid slave wages. Admittedly if they were fairly paid, then a $12k carpet would end up costing $30k. Brands take so much margin it may even be cheaper to fly to India, buy a carpet, and fly back to the US
@wonhome2711
9 ай бұрын
so, if you don't buy a carpet from them, these people will make nothing and starve. with the completion for labor, these people aren't getting slave labor
@blackmamba9950
3 ай бұрын
Supply and demand, the supply of low cost labor in India is pretty high, wages would only appreciate slowly
@LIZZIE-lizzie
10 ай бұрын
Twenty years ago I bought a handknotted carpet 5'x7', on sale, half price $250. It's as good now as it was then. Admittedly, it has to be cleaned and it would cost around $60 which is pretty good. A good vacuum cleaner brings the colors right out - red, blue and beige and I mean a GOOD vacuum cleaner. The Dirt Devil did it no justice. After the new vacuum cleaner went over it, I was shocked. The colors were outstanding. Didn't know until after I used the vacuum what a difference and that's the Hoover Cyclone. Best vacuum cleaner on the market! 🤣
@deletdis6173
9 ай бұрын
Good to know, I've been looking for a good vacuum.
@kawaiipurplesaphire6163
Жыл бұрын
For obeete to be 103 years old is craaaaaazy
@jonathanperreault4503
Жыл бұрын
a carpet like this really bring the room together ..
@jwwebnaut7045
11 ай бұрын
I can't help wondering what colour rivers and brooks will have downstream of these works. The whole narrative didn't spend the smallest thought on environmental impact.
@pwp8737
9 ай бұрын
any more than the thought you put in to the environmental cost of the plastic keyboard you typed your feelings on
@skylarmathison1481
9 ай бұрын
I agree
@chrismunkelwitz4477
5 ай бұрын
The amount of time & work together to bring the rug to market is arduous I HAVE AT LEAST 2 MADE IN INDIA RUGS 1 A RECENT ADDITION THE OTHER FOR 7 YEARS NOW & I LOOKED FOR INDIA OR TURKEY FOR MY 2nd ONE BOUGHT 1 FROM INDIA 1st one still wonderful and still love it nice to see possibly where they were made & the people who made them GOOD VIDEO.
@davidcantor293
Жыл бұрын
To spend your entire life making rugs. Do not take life for granted!
@Merrychristmastree
8 ай бұрын
They are the True Artisans and should get paid on percentage of what a carpet is selling for at Willam sonoma and Pottery Barn. The hard working People in rural areas are making cents compared to the company's selling the finished products. It's also ridiculous that we pay such an expensive price and yet none of that goes to the Artisans. I wish all those hard working people could retire and have a good life and not have to work like they do just to live day to day..My respects to all them ❤
@JustMe54328
Жыл бұрын
I feel bad for not purchasing something similar in kashmir. Hand woven carpets are majestic
@JustMe54328
Жыл бұрын
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist4 repent to common sense
@m1sawajapan
9 ай бұрын
I bought like 10 when living in Turkey and still buying through my dealer. Get one!
@parijatgoswami9134
Жыл бұрын
Indian Artists 🙏
@noiseinmyblood
5 ай бұрын
West Elm and Pottery Barn source $12,000 dollar rugs from sweat shops in India, is what we learned. I get the lack of footwear when you're on the carpet thread, but.. barefoot in the warehouse, loading trucks? Ok. Wearing a medical mask, not even a N-95, in lieu of a respirator in the dye shop and when handling chemicals? No goggles, but at least they have kitchen gloves, I guess that's okay? The man with the blowtorch is barehanded and wearing rain boots. The weavers admit to working 16-18 hour days. Anyone see any fans or air vents in any part of the video? I didn't. Sweat shops.
@Indiahandmade
3 ай бұрын
Elevate your space with the essence of tradition and modernity. Indiahandmade durry rugs is more than just a decor piece; it's a symbol of artistry and sustainability that aligns with your values.
@ak35h22
5 ай бұрын
Absolutely loving that this generation gaf about how people who do the work are treated and paid. Keep it up guys, we're going to make some of this world a little better. 💯
@dmcarstensen
Жыл бұрын
Looks like a good spot for a fully democratic worker cooperative.
@beckykent6674
5 ай бұрын
Amazing that this could not be done by a machine! Soooo labor intensive.
@migueloth
6 ай бұрын
Got mine from Teotitlan Oaxaca México not as expensive, 100% wool. We've been stepping on them for 15 years and still look new.
@KillerCammy85
Жыл бұрын
They are truly beautiful. My parents and grandparents had Persian rugs. Those things are crazy expensive.
@L17_8
Жыл бұрын
Jesus loves you ❤️ please turn to him and repent before it's too late. The end times described in the Bible are already happening in the world.
@pulse3554
Жыл бұрын
Persian rugs have Indic origins! It’s funny how the naming of everything is due to the western perspective Way precedes the Mughals
@4Realkevv
Жыл бұрын
Thats one hell of a skill
@nannerz1994
Жыл бұрын
It's good to know that for the price is you're paying at these stores you're actually getting a quality product
@terrystrife4198
Жыл бұрын
So if they cost so much money, are they paying the weavers/ Ladies a high wage???? I really would like to know
@Kathakathan11
Жыл бұрын
Middlemen earn much more than the handloom owners. But these days it’s changing. We buy directly from hand looms due to internet connectivity. Also due to easy access to these remote parts But it’s still just 5% of the desirable change.
@RishiKumarPS
11 ай бұрын
@@Kathakathan11not middlemen. The brands that put their label and sell in the US to the consumer earn the most. It won't get passed on.
@Kathakathan11
11 ай бұрын
@@RishiKumarPS they are middlemen
@prabhakar0076
11 ай бұрын
Why don't they get INDIAN ISO CERTIFIED , ORGANIC , HAND MADE, CHEMICAL FREE etc certifications and sell directly online as Brand by Whole village
@VanGoWanderlust
9 ай бұрын
$12,000 rugs and they can’t find workers?!? They (corporations) need to pay those weavers more and then they won’t have a problem finding workers.
@MithunOnTheNet
Жыл бұрын
Maybe pay the actual weavers better? You won't find an issue in finding workers in India's most populous (and worst) states! $12K for a carpet at retail but complaining they're finding hard to find new generation of weavers.
@Editnamehere
Жыл бұрын
OBTee isn’t selling the rugs wholesale for 12k. They are selling $200 rugs to William sonoma who sell it for $5000.
@ArmandKermanshah
9 ай бұрын
Truthfully these carpets are not much in comparison to Persian carpets.
@healthytalk666
9 ай бұрын
Excellent narration...
@vishwa_iron
Жыл бұрын
The youtubers posting cleaning carpet videos earn 10 times than one those making it
@quantx6572
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. I would love to know what the pay scale looks like, from the very bottom to the top brass.
@jimurrata6785
9 ай бұрын
Laura Alber (CEO of Williams Sonoma, which includes Pottery Barn, West Elm and others) made $17,322,255 in 2022
@OKisOkay
Жыл бұрын
Arre Kaleen Bhaiyya 😮
@rex_schd
Жыл бұрын
Always thought the colourful design see on carpet is just painted later with brush. Like printing press .Didn't realised it was weaved with different colored threads
@seansingh4421
Жыл бұрын
They’re Mirzapur’s Kaleen Bhaiyas
@auro1986
Жыл бұрын
how? one carpet is made like this for a year and rest 349999 carpets are made faster by machines somewhere else but very little money is for india
@mn4169
5 ай бұрын
Great
@hp4415
5 ай бұрын
A lot of the steps can be machine done without sacrificing the quality but I guess can’t charge premium price if it’s machine done
@harmandeepsinghdhillon3214
Жыл бұрын
12 grand for one carpet and local workers doing for year and still couldn’t able to purchase machinery to ramp up production and change horrible tiring work condition with technology tells that money is not funnelling to the workers and staying only within upper fews .. no wonder india has 185 billionaire and 800 millions people living in slums .. money is not trickling down ..
@ishusingh5606
11 ай бұрын
In India all profit rest in the hand of middle man.
@glennr9913
7 ай бұрын
I'd never spend serious money on a carpet from any of the companies mentioned. We purchased a high quality carpet a couple of years ago from a small local business owned and run by Middle Easterners. Wall Street didn't profit from the transaction.
@angelacahill9460
Жыл бұрын
I am so glad that this sort of handmade craftsmanship still exists in the world. Very rare now. I'm so glad that it employs so many skilled human beings to do the work. Also rare.
@pwp8737
9 ай бұрын
watching this video and looking at my hand-made Indian carpet under my feet
@ItsMe-yv9jd
9 ай бұрын
?? With 2 billion people living in India in 2023, I seriously doubt there is a lack of people available... rather a lack of people willing to work 16 hours a day, (every day, for years and years) in horrific conditions, for a miserable amount of money.
@RomitDholakia5
Жыл бұрын
I bet if these carpets were made in Europe it would be selling for a million dollars.
@LivvieLynn
11 ай бұрын
Whenever I see "handmade" I assume over priced products made for the rich by overly underpaid workers. 😔
@RajShekharSingh
Жыл бұрын
Most people commenting here have not lived or know the area they are talking about, I am from there so let me put some thoughts. India is still incredibly poor country with oer capita income of
@sapandream
11 ай бұрын
My Head and Eye both ache by only looking at it.
@isheetampancholi
Жыл бұрын
Proper reporting consists of All numbers; Wage, Cost of Manufacturing etc. AND how do they treat waste water/chemicals. Beautiful Artisans ! # Obeetee carpets # Business Insider
@CharliFunk
Жыл бұрын
So very satisfying just to watch this.
@rogerhodges7656
9 ай бұрын
Someone needs to do a search. I don't think that Pottery Barn or West Elm sell any $12,00 rugs.
@Portfelio
6 ай бұрын
Thats literally 9302 McChickens for something im just goi to step on.
@MicaFarrierRheayan
9 ай бұрын
Are they being paid reasonably?
@Automedon2
9 ай бұрын
In between the workshop in India and the retail store there are thousands of people in transportation - ships and truck drivers, warehouses, sales, advertising, internet ordering, delivery, retail outlets. Then there is the cost of running warehouses, offices and retail stores. The price of an item is not just labor in making the item. When everything is made by machines and robots, then no one will have an income anymore.
@ganeshgajapathy7193
Жыл бұрын
Jaihind
@artisanhome8980
5 ай бұрын
I understand the value of quality craftsmanship, but the prices of REAL furniture made with wood and quality rugs that aren't made of rubber, plastic, and vinyl are ridiculously high. The high prices of home furnishings are the reason why most peoples' homes are so sparsely furnished! Too many home furnishing companies are price gouging. Where do they expect homeowners to get thousands and thousands of dollars for a rug and rugs for multiple rooms? RIDICULOUS!!!
@sharadmoudgil
Жыл бұрын
Kaleen Bhaiya of Mirzapur.😉
@cameronweston1762
6 ай бұрын
The carpet doesn’t cost $12,000 it’s priced at $12,000 and valued at $350
@ThirdAlt
Жыл бұрын
Bot comments are going crazy on this one lmaoo
@kouleeofficial
Жыл бұрын
And I bet the labor workers don’t even get paid that much.
@ss-pw4zj
Жыл бұрын
12k for one carpet, they probably sell it for 20k, I can imagine buying for 20k
@Editnamehere
Жыл бұрын
Lol you’re so off. 😅
@alva7701
9 ай бұрын
And how much that company pay them? I hope God that company pay good to those peoples for good of their family.
@Automedon2
9 ай бұрын
In between the workshop in India and the retail store there are thousands of people in transportation - ships and truck drivers, warehouses, sales, advertising, internet ordering, delivery, retail outlets. Then there is the cost of running warehouses, offices and retail stores. The price of an item is not just labor in making the item. When everything is made by machines and robots, then no one will have an income anymore.
@Tesem-tq1ge
10 ай бұрын
How much are they paying thier staff???????? That's what I want to know!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Automedon2
9 ай бұрын
In between the workshop in India and the retail store there are thousands of people in transportation - ships and truck drivers, warehouses, sales, advertising, internet ordering, delivery, retail outlets. Then there is the cost of running warehouses, offices and retail stores. The price of an item is not just labor in making the item. When everything is made by machines and robots, then no one will have an income anymore.
@312money77
2 ай бұрын
Damn
@appledinger1121
7 ай бұрын
Kaleen Bhaiya
@actionforanimals4862
9 ай бұрын
So these workers make at most $12/day. No wonder Obeetee and other carpet manufacturers are struggling to find new workers. These are not living wages or fair wages. These are poverty wages. Shame on Williams-Sonoma, West Elm, and pottery Barn for not insisting that these workers make much more money.
@Automedon2
9 ай бұрын
In between the workshop in India and the retail store there are thousands of people in transportation - ships and truck drivers, warehouses, sales, advertising, internet ordering, delivery, retail outlets. Then there is the cost of running warehouses, offices and retail stores. The price of an item is not just labor in making the item. When everything is made by machines and robots, then no one will have an income anymore.
@boohere2
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing
@johnc7433
Жыл бұрын
These people are Persians....they have Persian culture all over their lifestyle...😮
@RONiNArcade
Жыл бұрын
Straight outta Kaleen bhaiya's backyard
@tombullard123
9 ай бұрын
Wait wait wait. “Obeetee can reject a carpet for one small mistake” so artisans can sometimes not even get paid for making a 12k carpet after theyve finished bc Obeetee can reject them??? All of the financial risk is on the individual epmloyees who are also doing all the work while Obeetee takes all the profit. This is so exploitative its unreal.
@christianromero6604
8 ай бұрын
So pottery barn sells these for anywhere between 5k and 12k....theyre make 350 thousand carpets a year...and yet the employee makes....(U.S. $3.50..a day)......shameful
@grumbogee1772
9 ай бұрын
lol you can tell the executives are bringing in the cash and the workers getting shit. instead of actually paying their workers, they are just going to women who are willing to work for less. great company you are highlighting here
@Automedon2
9 ай бұрын
In between the workshop in India and the retail store there are thousands of people in transportation - ships and truck drivers, warehouses, sales, advertising, internet ordering, delivery, retail outlets. Then there is the cost of running warehouses, offices and retail stores. The price of an item is not just labor in making the item. When everything is made by machines and robots, then no one will have an income anymore.
@ashishsrivastav6154
8 ай бұрын
Can you please stop referring it to as South Asia when for a very long time it has been known as the Indian Subcontinent!
@annacoribioanna
9 ай бұрын
Highest quality carpets are from Iran Persian rugs completely hand woven
@Almightycreator888
5 ай бұрын
They need to start paying the workers more or else I'll stop buying them
@ImadAli1
Жыл бұрын
No need to say it will be ruined every 30 secs
@adithyahk
10 ай бұрын
This is how the rich countries like the US exploit cheap labour of poor countries, what these men doing here is not just work but art and carefully done handicraft, they are in return getting cheap labour, I feel l the labour law authorities and handicrafts department should intervene here and give them their due credit
@Automedon2
9 ай бұрын
In between the workshop in India and the retail store there are thousands of people in transportation - ships and truck drivers, warehouses, sales, advertising, internet ordering, delivery, retail outlets. Then there is the cost of running warehouses, offices and retail stores. The price of an item is not just labor in making the item. When everything is made by machines and robots, then no one will have an income anymore.
@adithyahk
9 ай бұрын
@@Automedon2 watch the video, they are selling it to a third-party company who is shipping it to the US! I have worked for the US and UK firms and cheap labour is the greener pasture for them! They would have gone to China where labour laws even worse than India but they don't speak broken English like us
@dabozzcrg
6 ай бұрын
thinking about how inhumanly cheap these workers are, just imagine how expensive these carpets would be if made in the states or Europe with minimum wages and social welfare costs...
@gkhaled1
9 ай бұрын
Why is it the most expensive items are always made by the poorest people
@Automedon2
9 ай бұрын
Because something that takes 1,000 hours to make cannot be made by people making $30 an hour, otherwise no one would be able to afford it. Simple. They could bring in factory machines, do it faster and quicker and none of those poor people would be able to eat. Simple.
@CJhere
5 ай бұрын
I think carpets are useless for making as well as for cleaning it waste a lot of water. Instead we should not use that. Just blaming jeans makers make sure there are carpets also present.
@muhsinmansoor
11 ай бұрын
A good content
@abarairenji123
Жыл бұрын
Soany bots posting comments here.... And ita sll the same comment.
@siennajones9539
9 ай бұрын
Good grief, grow up! This is how the world works, sad but true...so grow a pair. You all benefit every day from situations just like this but you still buy those products in your bliss.
@TheChosen2030
Жыл бұрын
Iranians are the best carpets
@RealityCheck6969
11 ай бұрын
These jobs can be so easily automated… and we have 3 million people wasting their lives in a factory working for someone else.
@EleyReiHer
6 ай бұрын
Modern slavery at its best.
@mao_jad1492
9 ай бұрын
I think as much as I admire their work I find it useless. We've got plenty of machines that will do it more precise and quicker. There is no need for manual labor right now. You can skip production and part of processing steps and go straight to customization and finishing, because technology will always put thread better than human. I know the meaning of this documentary is to preserve cultural heirloom, but please stop narrating it like it's something "hard". It's not and it never was. It's just rare nowadays and handmade products are rather considered as "hobby", because there will be no difference between perfectly made handmade and high-end machine created fabric. And I mean high-end, no trash making cheap machines.
@jarrodyuki7081
Жыл бұрын
i see..........................
@greg-v1g6y
11 ай бұрын
WORKERS GET PAID CRUMBS
@Geekay_agr
Жыл бұрын
If these weavers instead of working for the company as individuals, start a cooperative, then they can become vendors for the same company thereby it would become a business deal and can speak in terms of cost of production instead of wages. Just a food for thought.
@jumpyspiderlady8454
Жыл бұрын
clicked because the thumbnail was a giant pizza
@sophroniel
Жыл бұрын
Surely these are RUGS not carpets?!
@MariaMartinez-xm4fl
Жыл бұрын
Pay decent wages... you want peopoe work extra hours, like slaves... shame on you. 🤧🙏🏼
@TylerTour
8 ай бұрын
Those are RUGS, not carpets.
@maknavickas
11 ай бұрын
The human suffering required to make this is not worth the difference in quality over a machine made carpet.
@inlangford
10 ай бұрын
So much work.. cant a machine do it? Stop wasting your lives..
@АгронДепартье
9 ай бұрын
It is stupid to manually do what machines can do.
@zab9915
Жыл бұрын
If you want best carpet in India buy carpet from kalin bhaiya
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