Chinese telecom giant Huawei has punished two employees for posting a New Year greeting on the company’s official Twitter account using an iPhone made by arch rival Apple.
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Huawei dislodged Apple last year from its position as the world’s second biggest smartphone-seller, below global number one Samsung.
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But in a public relations gaffe, the Chinese company wished followers a “Happy #2019” in a tweet on New Year’s Day – marked sent “via Twitter for iPhone”.
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One unnamed employee and Huawei’s director of digital marketing were demoted and had their monthly salary slashed by $730), according to AFP.
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As well as the pay cut, the digital marketing director was also hit with a salary freeze and no promotions for the next 12 months.
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Although the blunder was made by a third-party social media company called Sapient, the pair were disciplined for the “negative impact” on the Huawei brand caused by the incident, which highlighted ” procedural incompliance and management oversight”, the memo said.
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