According to Chinese media reports, there are recently waves of employee departures from the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, which is Apple's largest assembly line.
According to report, a shopkeeper in the factory area said that there were indeed far fewer people in the factory and business was dismal. Employees are leaving a lot more because not working overtime causes a reduction in pay.
Security guards in the factory area said that orders and raw materials were not available due to the epidemic and could not be worked overtime resulting in too low wages, only 2,000-3,000 yuan a month, and the dispatched employees have basically all resigned.
Apple's iPhone sales in April fell 77% year-on-year and 56% year-over-year, according to a new research report released by market analyst KeyBanc Capital Markets.
And Apple's declining iPhone phone sales have hit its supply chain hard.
There were previous reports that Foxconn let some employees take four months off from this month until Sept. 1 because of the massive Apple cutbacks from the outbreak. In response, Foxconn, "At present, the Group's mainland plants are operating normally, there is no so-called large-scale layoffs and leave situation.
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https://tech.sina.cn/2020-05-14/detail-iircuyvi3086595.d.html
