Huawei Slashes Salary Of Two Employees Who Tweeted With iPhone

Huawei Demotes Employees Responsible for Tweeting From iPhone

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.

Huawei dislodged Apple last year from its position as the world's second-biggest smartphone-seller, below global number one Samsung.

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".

One unnamed employee and Huawei's director of digital marketing were demoted and had their monthly salary slashed by $730), according to AFP.

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.

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 in compliance and management oversight", the memo said.

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