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  1. 2019

    NetEase responds to employee layoff dispute with corrective measures

    NetEase apologized to a former employee involved in a layoff dispute, said it would assist with treatment, and announced disciplinary actions against five employees and changes to internal employee-care and feedback mechanisms. The employee said the parties had reached a reconciliation.

  2. 2019

    NetEase apologizes over employee layoff controversy

    NetEase issued an official apology amid online criticism following an employee's account alleging unfair treatment and a harsh dismissal while seriously ill.

  3. 2019

    NetEase faces employee allegations of coercive treatment

    An employee alleged that NetEase pressured, monitored and threatened him and that security guards forced him out of the company. The article also reports that NetEase maintained it had not conducted layoffs and characterized departures as normal staff turnover; the supplied text does not establish a determination of the employee's allegations.

  4. 2019

    NetEase apologized over its handling of a former employee’s dismissal

    NetEase acknowledged that its handling and communication with a former employee were in some respects insensitive and overly blunt, and apologized to the former employee, his family, affected colleagues and the public. The former employee had alleged unfair treatment during his dismissal, including being forcibly removed by security guards.

  5. 2019

    NetEase responds to former employee’s allegations by forming a review team

    After a former employee publicly alleged unfair treatment, including being forced out of the company, NetEase said it had arranged a special group at the corporate level to understand and verify the matter. The allegations are reported as claims, not as established findings.

  6. 2019

    NetEase faces backlash over employee layoff

    An essay written from the perspective of an affected employee criticized NetEase over a layoff, including an allegation that security guards forced a seriously ill employee out of the company; the article says the episode drew public attention to layoffs.