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Apple’s iPhone major assembler Foxconn’s factory in Zhengzhou, Central China’s Henan province, has been stepping up recruitment for the peak summer months, raising incentives for new hires, as the company is reportedly preparing for the mass-production of the iPhone 14 series.
The company will offer as much as 10,000 yuan per person in incentives starting from Sunday, encouraging candidates to seize the chance since “you will wait for another year if you miss it this week,” according to a recruitment notice published on the Foxconn’s Zhengzhou iDPBG WeChat account on Saturday.
Bonuses for referrals can be as much as 500 yuan per person, with the bonus for job seekers based on different positions. The bonus for key positions in the manufacturing department goes as high as 9,000 to 9,500 yuan per person, according to the notice.
In June, the Zhengzhou plant launched a recruitment campaign called “Phoenix comes home,” encouraging technology workers who left in 2019-2021 to rejoin the company. Those employees, should they be open to returning, will be offered the same position as before and receive the same pay, along with a maximum of 5,400 yuan in allowances. Zhengzhou plant is also the main manufacturing base for Foxconn to produce iPhones, with more than 90 production lines and about 350,000 workers.
Apple has informed suppliers that it expected that iPhone 14’s initial sales after hitting market is expected to be higher than the iPhone 13 series, according to a report from China Securities Journal, citing a research note from the Cinda International.
The report said that Foxconn’s factory in China’s tech hub of Shenzhen has also stepped up hiring for the iPhone 14 and the internal referral bonus is 5,280 yuan per person, of which the referrals can receive 1,200 yuan and recruits can receive up to 4,080 yuan.