Records cases where companies use job security, bonuses, and promotions as leverage to force employees to obey, remain silent, and delete posts. Similar to 'coercion in education,' this is an abuse of power within the system.
On September 16, a BYD employee had their corporate WeChat account banned after sending an open letter to their department opposing the company's policy of deducting performance pay based on rankings. The employee had previously organized colleagues to sign a petition against the pay cuts, but after being warned by department heads, only six people participated.
The whistleblower who exposed the Jumai Group's "lymphatic meat" incident has posted a video seeking help, claiming to be pressured by the company's senior management to take down the exposé video and alleging favoritism towards the outsourced canteen. They have since sought legal aid from a lawyer.
On September 10, news spread on social media platforms that BYD had suspended profit-sharing bonuses for the 2025 fiscal year. After an internal employee posted to confirm this, they were called in for a talk and forced to delete the post. Meanwhile, multiple employees leaked that they had not received pay raises for a long time, housing subsidies had decreased, and performance bonuses had dropped, leaving concentrated satirical satirical own comments under the company's official account.