Workplace Involution · Full chronicle and history

College students taking part in the 2027 autumn recruitment season are complaining online that competition for jobs is too intense. One graduate student with internship experience at a major tech company keeps taking assessments and written tests every day but still has no offer. Offline job fairs are packed, and HR staff lament that resumes are so outstanding they can't screen through them all.

A college student in Henan broke down from being unable to endure workplace involution and economic pressure, reflecting the widespread plight faced by China's working population.

In August 2026, Want Want Group Chairman Tsai Eng-meng acknowledged in a letter to all employees that the company faces a major crisis and stated that employees who produce nothing would be eliminated, sparking heated discussion among netizens about the treatment of workers.

China Newsweek published an article titled 'The Truth of Huawei's 34-year-old Employees' on page 6 of the 7th edition on March 23, 2017, revealing the event of Huawei centrally clearing out employees over 34 years old in 2017.