Xiaomi’s headquarters in Wuhan reported that 90% of workers over the age of 35 would be laid off. To this news, Wang Hua, the general manager of Xiaomi Group’s public relations department, responded via Weibo on the 14th that the news was a rumor.
According to a report by Yicai.com, Wang Hua said that on the night of the 13th, there was news that only 10% of employees over the age of 35 at Xiaomi headquarters in Wuhan appeared on social media platforms, and after investigation, they were all . rumours. Currently, the company’s legal department has collected relevant information and reported it to the relevant departments. The Internet is not a place outside the law. Do not spread rumors. I believe that under the background of Qinglang Action, those who spread rumors on the Internet will definitely be punished by the law.
Xiaomi is one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world. It has group headquarters in Beijing and Wuhan. The Wuhan headquarters was officially unveiled on June 29, 2017, and officially settled in the Optics Valley Financial Port on November 18 of the same year . In 2018, the output value of Xiaomi Wuhan headquarters was RMB 10.5 billion.
Liu Guojun, general manager of Xiaomi’s Wuhan headquarters, previously said that the Wuhan headquarters will be staffed by Xiaomi, Jinshan, and Shunwei Capital, which are involved in core businesses such as AIoT, big data, cloud services, e-commerce, retail new , office software, foreign research and development, and financial investment, new home. Lei Jun, the chairman of Xiaomi Group, said that he hopes that in the next ten years, Wuhan will be built into Xiaomi’s super-large R&D headquarters and a technological plateau in the era of artificial intelligence. The goal he set for the Wuhan headquarters is to provide for that. 10,000 workers in the future.
According to Xiaomi’s latest financial report, Xiaomi Group’s annual revenue in 2022 is RMB 280.04 billion, an annual decrease of 14.7%; its adjusted net profit is RMB 8.5 billion, an annual decrease of 61.4%. The decline in the smartphone industry in 2022 and the turbulent macro environment are important reasons for the decline in Xiaomi’s performance this year.
The financial report shows that as of December 31, 2022, Xiaomi has 32,543 employees, which is a decrease of 2,798 compared to the end of the third quarter of 2022, of which 2,642 employees are on the mainland.
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