“Chinese Car Lamp Maker Xingyu Apologizes for Cutting Contracts With Over 100 Fresh Graduates”

China's Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting System has issued an apology after the news that the developer of vehicle lamps terminated contracts with more than 100 fresh graduates broke out.

[...] “After review, the management acknowledges that there were decision-making errors and management oversights and that the communication during the execution was harsh and methods were simplistic, failing to consider the immediate interests of the students,” Xingyu said in an apology letter yesterday.

[...] Xingyu hired a large number of master's degree students who would graduate this year [...] But on Aug. 8, the firm's human resources department informed them they should either resign or be reassigned to frontline positions, citing poor market conditions and operational issues. Xingyu has recruited a total of 440 graduates from the 2026 class, of whom 107 had their labor contract terminated [...]

The methods used during the negotiation process were simplistic and harsh, and communication was insufficient. [...] during the resignation persuasion process, Xingyu threatened them that their future background checks would remain untouched only if they voluntarily resigned. Ultimately, about 70 percent of them, equal to nearly 300 individuals, chose to sign the resignation papers, the graduates claimed.

[...] Xingyu was China’s top automobile lamp maker last year, holding an 11.6 percent share of the market. The company supplies nine of the world’s top 10 carmakers.