A netizen submission exposes a notice posted on a water dispenser at a factory in Guangzhou, stating that day laborers are not allowed to use the water here, and those caught doing so will be fined.
Aurora News released a video emphasizing that Japanese calligraphy tools—brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones—originated in China. Under the headline of netizens angrily denouncing the 'shameless' heritage application, commenters sarcastically suggested that 'shake-to-open' ads and the 'one-day weekend' could also be applied for as heritage.
Netizens reported that FAW-Volkswagen has cancelled policy bonuses for 2025 and beyond. These bonuses originally accounted for 30%–40% of the total annual salary package and were included by HR during recruitment. Engineers were informed after working for over 20 months that two years of bonuses would be cancelled, resulting in a loss of over 200,000 yuan. Related discussions have been throttled on Xiaohongshu (RedNote).
Recently, Jiangyan No. 2 High School in Jiangsu adjusted its schedule to 7:20–21:20 and implemented a two-day weekend. However, students are still required to return to school for evening self-study at 18:00 on Sundays. The relevant adjustments were not posted in the school-home WeChat groups but were only communicated orally by teachers, with netizens claiming it was due to pressure from above.
On November 6, another employee of Xigao Bus posted that they discovered their medical insurance had been suspended while seeking medical treatment. The company had returned multiple employees to third-party labor agencies without prior notice, leaving the employee and their colleagues unable to work normally, and they are calling for relevant departments to intervene.
On November 6, netizens filmed sanitation workers in Shenzhen, who were participating in city appearance maintenance for the APEC meeting, lacking proper rest and dining facilities. They were seen squatting on the roadside at noon eating cold meals and pickles they brought themselves, and sleeping in green belts at night. Netizens are calling for the improvement of rest stations and hot meal support.
On November 5, the 2027 holiday schedule was announced. Both the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival will each have one day off on Wednesday without any rescheduled workdays. CCTV News reported this under the headline "fewer rescheduled workdays," claiming that the 9-day extra-long Spring Festival holiday will return and that 2027 will be the year with the fewest rescheduled workdays in recent years, drawing sarcastic comments from netizens.
A netizen submitted a report stating that their younger brother, who works at a Luxshare-ICT workshop in Anhui, was kicked by a line leader for being too slow at work and was verbally threatened with physical assault after his shift. The netizen questioned the company's basic respect for its employees.
On the evening of November 4, Longxi Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. in Huicheng District, Huizhou, Guangdong, required employees to collectively shout slogans wishing "General Manager Wei" a happy birthday, conditional on not working overtime that night, which sparked sarcasm from netizens.
On November 4, netizens discovered that a primary school in Taiyuan, Shanxi, issued a recruitment notice seeking 'internship teachers' from the public. The requirements included a full-time bachelor's degree or higher and a teacher qualification certificate, but it explicitly stated there would be no salary and that candidates must cover their own room and board, sparking widespread mockery and criticism from netizens.
On November 4, a Douyin influencer posted a video stating that a friend of over 20 years had passed away at a garment factory in Gaoyou, Jiangsu, due to long-term overwork. Chat logs show the female worker mentioned on November 19, 2025, that she was working overtime until 10 PM every day with no days off on Sundays, once saying, "I will die of sudden cardiac death sooner or later," and had been pressured by the finance department and the factory manager to return to work.
Multiple workers at Jiangyang Cable in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, staged a collective protest after 2,000 yuan was deducted from their wages for both September and October, leaving them with only 2,500 yuan in hand. Workers stated that they even had to pay out of pocket to cover their mortgage payments. [Follow-up · November 2026] Workers at Jiangyang Cable in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, protested against wage deductions. Online chat logs indicate that workers had 2,000 yuan deducted from their pay for two consecutive months (September and October), leaving them with only 2,500 yuan in take-home pay, with no prior consultation with the workers.
After an internal appeal failed, the teaching assistant posted their experience online. Subsequently, their office access was revoked and their employment contract was terminated. The contract stipulated a work week of no more than 40 hours over five days.
On November 3, a netizen in Shaanxi posted with a photo of a document, claiming that BYD will adjust its wage plan for grassroots employees. Performance bonuses will be merged into additional incentives; those who receive them will no longer be eligible for compensatory leave, and income adjustments will be linked to production volume and attendance.
The Xiangwen platform made public the reply from the human resources and social security department of Yueyanglou District regarding a wage complaint filed by an employee of a Yueyang Daily subsidiary. The reply stated that statutory employee claims enjoy priority repayment and advised the employees to seek rights protection through the bankruptcy administrator, without mentioning investigation results or the reissue date for wages. The page showed the matter as processed.