There are around 80, 000 workers in Foxconn by May this year, about one fifth of the total number of new jobs created by major investment projects in Chengdu last year, according to statistics from Chengdu HumanResources and Social Security Bureau.
The HumanResources and Social Security Department of Guangdong estimated that 10 million workers, or 61% of the province's migrant-labor pool, would head home to see their families for the New Year Holiday, with a return rate of around 90%, leaving a labor shortfall of up to 1.2 million workers after the holiday.
One 2009 study examined how workers reacted to several common methods of firing, such as having a third party such as a humanresources manager or a security guard present during the firing, or mentioning the employee's positive attributes as he or she was being dismissed.