Foxconn offers great rewards to find people to make iPhones after Tet

 Foxconn offers great rewards to find people to make iPhones after Tet

The shortage of workers to assemble iPhones and iPads causes Foxconn factory in China to recruit large-scale with high bonuses for new employees.

According to Sina, Foxconn Zhengzhou factory specializing in assembling iPhones is in need of recruiting more workers after the holiday when it increases the bonus for new employees from 6,000 yuan (VND 21.4 million) to 8,000 yuan (28 USD). ,5 million).

Meanwhile, Foxconn Chengdu, the world's largest iPad production base, also offers high compensation. Those who commit to work more than 90 days can receive a bonus of 10,000 yuan (VND 35.6 million). The factory's hourly wage also increased to 32 yuan (VND 114,000), higher than the usual 25 yuan (VND 89,000).

The Foxconn factory in China offers a large bonus to attract more employees to assemble iPhones after the Lunar New Year holiday. Photo: Visual China

Workers in a Foxconn factory. Photo: Visual China

According to Jiemian Global, large factories often work through public holidays. But the Lunar New Year is a special holiday, so many workers decide to return to their hometown and return late, directly affecting the factory's operating capacity and reducing iPhone output. The wave of "spring recruitment" of the manufacturing industry usually blooms after Tet.

Since the Lunar New Year, iPhone manufacturing partners have also offered many attractive bonuses to keep workers at the factory and encourage people to return home soon. Nikkei reported that Foxconn Zhengzhou factory rewards workers 1,600 yuan (more than 5 million dong) if they take only three days off for the New Year and 900 yuan (more than 3 million dong) if they take five days off. SCMP said that the incentive measures show the urgency of attracting iPhone production workers before and after the holiday. This industrial park plays an important role in Apple's global supply chain.

According to Sina, the increase of Foxconn's bonuses to recruit people is also in line with Apple's growth rate. According to data from market research firm Canalys, in the fourth quarter of 2021, iPhone accounted for 22% of the global smartphone market share