Recently, some media reported that Honda China Headquarters Masauki Igarashi said in an interview,Large-scale personnel optimization will be implemented in China. For a time, there was a lot of talk about Honda's massive layoffs, and Honda China's public relations department refuted the rumors and said,The domestic translation is inaccurate. Honda's Chinese companies have no layoff plans. In fact, there will be no replacement of positions for employees who naturally leave..
It is worth mentioning that in early December last year, multiple media reported that Guangqi Honda announced that it would lay off 900 employees. These employees are all contract workers and will not be renewed after the contract expires. The number of layoffs accounts for 7% of the total employees of Honda's companies in China.
Honda said that this layoff plan is the first time Honda has implemented layoffs in the 25 years since it jointly produced cars with China's Guangzhou Automobile Company in 1998. The reason is that the large-scale rise of pure electric vehicles (EVs) in China has hindered the production and sales of Honda's fuel vehicles in the Chinese market.
In response to these reports at that time, the relevant person in charge of Guangqi Honda responded:It is a misinterpretation by the outside world that Guangqi Honda did not lay off employees, but only terminated the agreement with the labor dispatch company.
"GAC Honda has also provided financial compensation to labor dispatch personnel in a timely manner and in accordance with laws and regulations. The news about layoffs is untrue. This phased personnel adjustment corresponding to production will not have an impact on GAC Honda's production lines, as well as the promotion of new energy and intelligent strategies."