Human Resource Management at Foxconn

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Foxconn, a Chinese international technology company is engaged is the manufacture
of different electronic products such as mobile phones, computers and other electronic
devices. It is the primary factory site of Apple iPhones and employs more than 1.2 million
people. With such a huge workforce, the company requires to maintain a very strong human
resource management policy, which looks after the different aspects such recruitment,
supervision, motivation and appraisal of the fellow employees (Brewster, Chung and Sparrow
2016). The organization claims to have a very positive environment and opportunistic
workplace culture for the employees. However, of late Foxconn’s human resource
management system has come under the critical fire of not providing its employees the
desired workplace environment, which has resulted in the suicide of one Mr Li Ming, in
January 2018.
The key HRM policies of Foxconn, regarding the recruitment policies constitute of
instilling trust, openness and collaboration among the new workers who require following
values of integrity and dignity. The HR management system of Foxconn, is focused on
creating a diverse workforce, where the workers are encouraged to develop their potentials
and participate in the different innovative activities of the company. Moreover, the company
follows a very strict code of ‘No Forces Labour’ and ‘No Child Labour’, which ensures that
the company does not exploit its workers for their own benefit (Schuler and Jackson 2014).
Foxconn’s recruitment policies do not believe in the discrimination of the workforce on the
basis of the identity, cultural background, nationality or political influence. This helps the
company to hire the best talents from the candidates and improve the workforce. Besides
these recruitment policies, the company also maintains a local hiring policy to contribute the
economy of the local communities (Nankervis et al. 2013). This helps the company to hire
almost 99% of the workforce from the Chinese population.

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According to the Foxconn HRM, the organization is committed to develop a positive
workforce in all its factories. The company provides customized salary and different
packages for the compensation of the workers according to the labour and production they
input (Chan, Pun and Selden 2013). The company is also determined to promote an active
living in the workplace, where the workers can get the opportunity to involve themselves in
different interactive activities. The company provides different facilities, such as libraries,
gymnasiums, restaurants and movie-theatres, which helps the workers to unwind and relax
between work hours.
Foxconn follows a very good appraisal process which helps in the annual assessment
of the workers according to their annual production output. The honorary events to praise and
motivate the performers help in building a positive imager of the company for the workers.
Moreover, Foxconn is also focused on maintaining the safety of its workers (Chan, Pun and
Selden 2013). Regular assessment of the working conditions and testing of the machinery are
done to ensure the safety of the workers. Moreover, regular training and development courses
are organised by the company to update the workers of the new technologies and safety
measures.
These aspects help in creating a healthy working environment and are the key
elements of the human resource management policy at Foxconn.