This Chinese Company Will Fire Anyone Who Buys An iPhone 7
The proposed boycott from the small company, whose warning went super-viral, is the latest pitched over a dispute between China and the Philippines.
A photo of a company's internal notice threatening to fire anyone who buys the yet-to-be-released iPhone 7 has gone absolutely viral in China.
The Hangzhou-based Bina Industry issued a "Patriotic Notice" on its public WeChat page banning its employees from using iPhone products.
Bina Industry has about 50 employees and calls itself an expert in "non-formaldehyde benzene custom interior design."
The notice itself, signed and dated by the company's general manager Zhang Yunlong, threatens to fire and never re-hire employees who buy an iPhone 7. For those who already have iPhones — don't worry — the company will help, by destroying the old iPhones and compensate if the employees prove to change brands. — which has 50 employees and calls itself an expert in "non-formaldehyde benzene home custom"
The compensation rates as stated in the notice for the iPhone 4, 5, 6 are 1,000 yuan (equaling $150), 1,500 yuan ($225) and 2,500 yuan ($375).
In a response to The Paper, a shareholder of the company said that Chinese brand phones were also good, asking, "why bother following the trend to purchase expensive iPhones?"
(BuzzFeed News has reached out to Bina Industry for comment.)
So why the sudden iPhone hate? The short answer is the Philippines.
China recently lost a key international ruling to the Philippines in its claim over disputed waterways in the South China Sea. The US is not directly involved in the ruling, but it has openly shown support of the ruling. (It also has a Mutual Defense Treaty that promises to protect the Philippines during conflicts.) Hence why the iPhone is now under attack.
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The reactions, however, might not be anything close to what the company, whose motto is "Make Chinese Love China-made," expected.
"Perfect," user "Doing" commented standing in for the company's employees, "[I'll] buy the iPhone 7 immediately so that he could fire me, and deal with him in Labor Arbitration the next day. [It's like] salaries worth several months to come for free."
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