A big retailer was reported to have forced layoffs and employees’ computers were forcibly confiscated!

Under the wave of Amazon account blocking, layoffs and bankruptcies are common. After the account was blocked, the actions of big sellers also let people see the various forms of cross-border. Some big sellers encourage employees to find the next job opportunity in advance, and immediately settle wages for employees who leave in advance, but some big sellers forcibly dismiss employees and refuse to compensate ...

Another big seller forcibly dismissed employees and refused compensation

Under Amazon's heavy blow, many sellers encountered an industry winter, but now it seems that there are still many sellers who cannot get out of this winter.

Recently, several videos about a big seller in Shenzhen forcibly collecting employees' computers have been widely circulated in seller groups. In the video, there are people packing up their belongings, and there are also people busy at their workstations. Some desks have boxes of employees' belongings already sorted. Of course, the most prominent one is the person wearing a work badge who is collecting the computers of the on-site staff. Next to him are piles of computers and storage boxes, and the entire office area is in a mess.

In the video, the laid-off employees said, "*** Network Technology Co., Ltd. and *** E-commerce forcibly fired employees without compensation, forcibly collected computers, and forced employees to resign ," " *** began to forcibly collect computers and layoff employees without compensation , " and " We will clock in normally tomorrow . "

A whistleblower who used to work at *** said that *** issued a notice to forcibly fire employees. Part of the notice is as follows:

Because you have committed a number of serious acts that disrupt production order, such as slacking off at work and disobeying the company's management, the circumstances are serious and have seriously violated the labor contract and the company's relevant management systems. After research and decision, the company has decided to terminate the labor relationship with you. After receiving the notice, please go to the Human Resources Administration Center before 9:30 am on September 3, 2021 to handle the work transfer procedures, and leave after handing over the "Work Transfer List".

It can be seen from the announcement that the retailer laid off employees on the grounds of work slacking and disobeying company management , but according to the whistleblower, in fact these laid-off employees did not engage in the behaviors described in the announcement.

It was this announcement that led to the scene in the video.

According to the whistleblower, this notice was sent after the FBA Development Department 1 and Development Department 2 of the *** Integrated Business Department issued a written reply refusing to accept the company's job transfer . The people who were laid off this time were the people in the two departments who were "accused" a few days ago, about 20 people.

20 employees submitted a reply letter, refusing to accept the company's salary cut and job transfer

As mentioned above, the company issued an announcement stating that employees were slacking off and refusing to obey the company's management. However, judging from the information provided by the whistleblower, things did not seem to be as simple as stated in the announcement.

According to the whistleblower , the company issued a "Notice on Personnel Appointments and Dismissals" on August 30 , which reads as follows:

Considering that the head of the Integrated Operation Division - FBA Division 1 - Development Division 1 - *** failed to conscientiously perform the management functions assigned by the company and failed to effectively manage the team's performance goals, resulting in a serious waste of team resources and a negative impact on the company's business development;

According to the relevant regulations of the company, after research and decision, *** will be relieved of his position as director from today and demoted to development assistant. We hope that *** can seriously reflect on and summarize his shortcomings and improve himself in a timely manner through self-study.

This is to announce.

Shenzhen *** Technology Co., Ltd.

August 30, 2021

According to the information disclosed, the personnel of the two departments involved are product development managers, who are outstanding talents in the industry who were poached from other companies. After receiving this notice, the personnel of the two departments involved have given written responses and pressed 20 red fingerprints on the response letters .

The reply shows that the company officially refused to accept the notice on the organizational structure adjustment of the comprehensive operation division on August 30. The reason why the normal work goals could not be completed was that the substantive work could not be carried out due to the constant changes in the work content and direction.

In addition, the written reply mentioned that the company's human resources director *** used cruel means to force employees to resign on their own: forced job transfers and demotions without communicating or negotiating with employees; forced adjustments to monthly performance targets; and frequent transfers of office locations .

The last item in the reply letter states: Refuse to unilaterally change performance targets or deduct employees’ wages in the name of performance.

The whistleblower added: "After this round of layoffs, the company currently has only about 1,200 employees left . According to company regulations, the internship period for interns is three months, but many interns were fired directly after the three-month internship period."

As of press time, the editor has contacted the company's relevant personnel many times, but has not received a response. The editor first asked the company to verify whether the news was true, and the relevant personnel said that they would reply by phone later; the editor called the second time to verify, but no one answered the phone.

The editor learned that the seller had more than 300 sites blocked or frozen in the first half of 2021 due to suspected violations of Amazon platform rules. The closure of Amazon stores has led to a significant increase in the restricted funds on the Amazon platform. As of July 6, the seller's suspected frozen funds on the Amazon platform amounted to more than 100 million yuan.

It can be seen that the seller has suffered a heavy blow as a large number of accounts have been blocked and a large amount of funds have been frozen. The former cross-border seller has now begun to "survive the catastrophe" . However, in the process of "surviving the catastrophe" , many employees and suppliers have also suffered ...

A supplier reported that the company has been in arrears with payment for goods since April and has not yet settled the payment . The supplier also said that when signing the contract, the company said that it provided a unified template, which was completely a "word game". If this continues, the factory's capital chain will be broken, and it is unknown when such a large amount of money can be recovered.

It is understood that since February 2021 , the company's employee turnover has become increasingly serious, and the number of employees has dropped from nearly 3,000 on January 1, 2021 to more than 1,000 at present .

Now that a large number of accounts have been blocked and direct sources of income have been cut off, the seller is no longer able to support the previous team size. As a result, the " forced dismissal of employees " and refusal to compensate mentioned in the article occurred, but this made the employees who worked hard for the company feel bad.

Amazon's account suspension leads to a series of consequences, which not only severely damages the sellers, but also the company's employees and suppliers. The current development of cross-border e-commerce has gradually become compliant, and the era of barbaric growth is gone forever. All partners must also follow the development of the industry, abandon all previous non-compliant behaviors, and strictly abide by the platform rules, so that they can get a share of this rapidly developing industry!

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