Some LeEco employees in China will not get paid until August. According to an official statement provided to TechCrunch, Leshi Holdings, LeEco’s holding company has decided to postpone July’s payroll until August 10th. This is at least the third time this year LeEco has delayed paying some of its workers.
Right now, it seems only employees in China will not get a paycheck into August. Sources in LeEco say the company has not yet announced delaying paying US workers though in the past it reportedly did so without telling employees. Gizmodo[1] and Bloomberg[2] points to two separate incidents where LeEco missed paying their workers on time in 2017.
The statement says that it has contacted the affected employees and guarantee’s full payment to individual’s social insurance and housing fund.
Today’s news is just another entry in the tale of LeEco’s downfall.
Over the last several months, LeEco started spiraling out of control. Deals fell through[3], workers were laid off[4] and billions in recent investment[5] couldn’t right the ship. In May the outspoken founder and CEO Jia “YT” Yueting resigned from his post as CEO[6] from the publicly traded unit Leshi. Then, five days ago , he stepped down as Leshi’s Chairman. This came a day after news broke that a Shanghai court had in response to unpaid loans frozen more than $180 million in assets belong to himself, his wife and three LeEco affiliates.
“LeEco faces great challenges, and I will take on all the responsibility, I will persist in my duties until the end for the sake of our employees, users, customers and investors,” Jia wrote on Weibo, China’s Twitter.
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