July 19, 2010, We have talked many things about Huawei before, this time, we will focus more on ZTE.
On c114, there are two articles about ZTE these days. The first one is "From R&D's point of view, let us talk about ZTE's problems". According to the author, ZTE's R&D strategy is not focused on innovation but on following. When not busy, ZTE always tries to reduce cost by more layoff, but when busy times come, the company then force employees to overwork. Under this kind of management, there is no innovation and quality control in ZTE. To response to this article, some netizens point out that ZTE should also pay attention to their purchasing policy. The company always forces suppliers to reduce cost; the result is that they can't have good support from suppliers. Another netizen thinks that ZTE's problem is that the company is in shortage of encouraging mechanism which generates less momentum for employees.
Another article is titled "What I have known about ZTE, in the days of Yin's left". Yin,yimin is former ZTE's CEO, he was replaced by Shi,lirong last year. In the article, the author criticized the founder of ZTE, Mr. Hou,weigui. Under Hou's management, ZTE changed from a company full of heroism into a company full of conservatism. Under Hou, ZTE paid more attention on PHS, and lost the opportunity on development of GSM and WCDMA. Under Hou, ZTE kept an observation policy on international market expanding, lost the opportunity to surpass Huawei. In conclusion, the author thinks Hou an opportunist.
Also on C114, there is an article about How Huawei developes new business. According to the author, Huawei's poaching under the name of developing new business is not really for the new business, but for undermining their competitors. Huawei has done this several times on Harbour network, on Huawei 3Com. For those people poached by Huawei, no matter how succeed when they entered Huawei, they will not change their destine to be cannon fodder of Huawei.
On Tianya, there is an article about Alcatel Lucent China's new recruiting policy. From this July to September, Alcatel Lucent China is recruiting many new employees. Some netizens pointed out that on the other side, Alcatel Lucent China is firing many employees. The new recruiting policy is just for cost cutoff. Some other netizens hold a more positive attitude. According to them, the new recruiting in China reflects that Alcatel Lucent China is moving more R&D job positions to China. Under the high pressure of R&D cost in overseas, this is normal for Alcatel Lucent.