
People changing jobs too often could be punished by China’s social credit system
China’s social credit already system bans discredited people from taking trains and airplanes
“If someone keeps quitting and landing new jobs, his social credit will definitely be a problem,” Zhejiang official Ge Pingan said at a local forum, addressing a complaint from one company’s human resources department about being unable to do anything when employees want to leave. Ge didn’t specify how “frequently” is too frequent, but he said the upcoming system will put restrictions on both companies and individual workers.
A hashtag of the Zhejiang official’s comments has drawn more than 60 million views on Weibo, with most users expressing criticism.

Netizens also noticed other alarming things about the Zhejiang government’s social credit system. Jiangsu TV reported that the city of Ningbo has built a “smart center” -- a big database of more than 10 million people who have social security cards, which lists exactly what each person’s skills are, how many times they have changed jobs and even what hospitals and pharmacies they like to visit.
People don’t seem to be buying that explanation.
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