# How one company’s choice – resignation or the factory – left China’s young workers floored

https://mins.news/en/item/57150

- South China Morning Post, 2026-09-14 04:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3367249/how-one-companys-choice-resignation-or-factory-left-chinas-young-workers-floored?utm_source=rss_feed

> Xingyu, a major automotive lighting maker in eastern China, has faced nationwide outrage over its mass dismissal of recent college graduates. The company said it punished four executives, with two receiving salary cuts and two human resources managers dismissed or demoted for “misjudgment and hasty decision-making”, while promising to help former employees find new jobs.

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