Foxconn Resumes Hiring Ahead of New iPhone

Foxconn has ended a hiring freeze as it prepares to mass produce the next iPhone, reports the WSJ.

The Taiwanese company said Monday it has added about 10,000 assembly-line workers per week in Zhengzhou, its major production facility for iPhones, since the last week of March. A company spokesman declined to elaborate on production plans, only saying that Foxconn will continue to expand its workforce in Zhengzhou to meet seasonal demand from clients.

In February, a company spokesperson said that Foxconn halted recruitment until the end of March after more employees returned from the Chinese New Year break than a year earlier.


The new hires will likely be used to help manufacture a new iPhone model. "We have been very busy recently as we will start mass-producing the new iPhone soon," said a Zhengzhou-based executive

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