You’re rehired! Chinese firm overturns decision to cancel employment offers to over 200 graduates
- Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics cites ‘corporate social responsibility’ following public outcry after contracts were cancelled in December
- Initial decision seen as example of China’s struggling job market, which is battling against the economic slowdown amid the trade war with the United States
More than 200 Chinese graduates have had their job offers by China’s largest medical equipment manufacturer restored, with Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics citing “corporate social responsibility” having initially sparked a public outcry by cancelling the contracts in December.
The decision was seen as a typical example of China’s struggling job market, which is battling against the economic slowdown amid the trade war with the United States.
“According to what I know, all students who were released by Mindray received the call from the company,” said Joan Liu, one of the students who had been informed of their termination via phone calls on December 28 and 29, around a week after a “welcoming party” for new hires.
“In the phone calls, the [human resources] staff said similar things to us, saying ‘we apologies sincerely to you for the confusion and pressure you have had in the past few days.’
“Our management would like to take more corporate social responsibility and resume the contract we signed with you if you still want it.”