Foxconn finds more than 70,000 new workers after mass COVID exodus in China complex
Foxconn finds more than 70,000 new workers after mass COVID exodus in China complex
2022-11-17
Reports say an iPhone assembly factory owned by Taiwanese multinational manufacturer Foxconn could return to operating at full capacity by the end of the month. The reports come after a mass exodus of workers earlier this month at the plant, which is located in China’s Zhengzhou City. COVID had been detected in the factory complex, and workers say they were afraid of being infected with the disease and getting locked down in isolation at the site. Already, through a series of subsidies and enticements, the company has attracted more than 70,000 new workers in just one week.
Earlier this month, hundreds of Foxconn workers fled from the company’s factory complex in Zhengzhou city in China’s Henan province. Since then, the company has offered four sets of subsidies and salary raises to lure workers back. The Henan government has ordered civil servants to go to the factory to help out for up to half a year.
Huang Junwei
Workstation supervisor
They can help themselves to warm rice, and they can get disinfecting wipes, and face masks for free. That’s what we’re providing to all the new workers moving in.
Foxconn worker
I’m getting 12,100 yuan (NT$52,000). That means I need to work for 30 days without being late, taking leave, being absent, or leaving early. That’s the only way I can get the 12,100 yuan.
On Chinese social media, a worker shares what his daily life is like, showing that some people are willing to accept the conditions. Though just as many find the conditions deplorable, Foxconn has managed to attract more than 70,000 new workers in just one week. The factory complex, which is an important assembly line for Apple’s iPhone, could return to full capacity operations in late November, according to reports.
Yang Jui-lin
ITRI
This of course could create some opportunities for Foxconn’s competitors to jump in. Perhaps they won’t expand their factories in China, and instead look to expand in other areas.
After the exodus of workers, financial services company Morgan Stanley revised its expectations for iPhone deliveries in the fourth quarter down to 79 million units. That’s a cut of 6 million phones, or a drop of 7%.
鄭州員工出逃 富士康大手筆徵才 新進員工破7萬人
2022-11-17
鴻海集團旗下的富士康鄭州廠，受到疫情影響，傳出大規模出走潮，為了鼓勵員工回到生產線，富士康大手筆祭出四倍補貼、薪資三級跳徵才，短短一個禮拜，新進員工已經超過7萬人。但有國內專家分析，富士康這波染疫事件雖然有機會在月底告一個段落，不過會加速企業將工廠撤出中國，漸漸往東南亞布局。
先前員工大規模出走後，河南鄭州富士康祭出四倍補貼，薪資三級跳，鼓勵員工回流，而河南還要求鄉鎮基層幹部，帶頭到富士康支援，最長待半年。
[[產業圈裕鴻工作站站長 黃俊偉]]
“自加熱米飯、消毒的那個手巾，還有一些口罩，這都是免費給所有的新入住員工提供的。”
[[鄭州富士康員工]]
“1萬2100元(人民幣)，所以就是上班30天，不遲到、不請假、不曠工、不早退的情況下，我就是奔著這1萬2(人民幣)去的。”
打開當地網站，員工自拍記錄生活，有人說不賺白不賺，也有人對富士康罵聲連連。短短一星期，富士康新進員工已經超過7萬人。身為iPhone供應鏈重要產地，外界預期11月下旬恢復滿載產能。
[[工研院產科國際所研究總監 楊瑞臨]]
“這個部分當然也可能造成，提供給富士康其他競爭者一些可乘之機。我相信也可能並不是要在中國的某些廠再擴大，而是再找其他備案地區做擴廠。”
受到這波富士康員工人力影響，大摩摩根士丹利調降第4季iPhone新機出貨量預期，到7900萬支，比原先減少600萬支，降幅約7%。
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