Working at Foxconn CZ
Pardubice / Kutná Hora, Pardubický kraj / Středočeský kraj · Electronics (server and PC assembly)
| Sites | Pardubice (2000) and Kutná Hora (2008) |
| Headcount | ~4,500 across both plants (2025); ~3,000 at Kutná Hora |
| With contractors | ~10,000 people in the Pardubice region |
| Nationalities on site | around 33 |
| Largest foreign group | Mongolians — about 500 in Pardubice |
| Revenue 2024 | 119 billion Kč, profit 2.1 billion Kč |
About the plant
Foxconn has assembled electronics in Czechia since 2000 — computers, printers, monitors, servers and network gear — from plants in Pardubice and Kutná Hora. Over 25 years the two sites have produced more than 100 million units; forty lorries leave Pardubice every day. In 2024 revenue reached 119 billion Kč and profit a record 2.1 billion Kč.
Kutná Hora now assembles AI server clusters for Hewlett Packard Enterprise, including the Alps supercomputer with 11,000 Nvidia chips. HPE has said publicly that Foxconn cannot keep up with demand.
What it pays
Foxconn does not publish a wage table. What is documented comes from press reporting and current agency adverts, and the spread over time is wide.
| 2013 reporting | ~14,000 Kč including premiums and overtime |
| 2018 after increases | up to 30,000 Kč gross |
| Current agency advert, Kutná Hora | from 170 Kč/hour |
| Meal subsidy | 46 Kč per 8-hour shift, 28 Kč per 12-hour shift |
| Referral bonus | 10,000 Kč per person, up to 80,000 Kč a year |
Pension contributions up to 2.5% of salary with a 500 Kč monthly minimum, 3,000 cafeteria points a year, MultiSport at 450 Kč/month, five weeks' holiday.
Working conditions
- Historically twelve-hour shifts on a continuous six-day pattern, criticised by Deutsche Welle in 2013; Foxconn rejected the criticism and state inspections found no breaches
- Named Regional Employer of the Year in Pardubice for the eleventh consecutive time in 2025
- No active trade union or collective agreement found in public sources
Recent news
| 2018 | A Deník Alarm investigation reported that agency workers received no weekend, night or holiday premiums; that shifts were assigned less than 24 hours ahead; that fines in the thousands of koruna were levied for absence or refusing overtime; and that Mongolian women were discouraged from taking maternity or sick leave in their first year. It also described dirty hostels, too few showers, and a chronic shortage of Mongolian interpreters. |
| 2008 | About 200 foreign workers were dismissed at Kutná Hora and lost their right of residence within 30 days. |
| 2024 | Record results: revenue 119 billion Kč, profit 2.1 billion Kč. Substantial further investment announced without figures. |
| 2025 | Foxconn globally cut 7% of its workforce through automation. No breakdown for the Czech plants was published. |
| 2026 | Parking at Kutná Hora expanded by roughly 200 spaces as production of electronics for global brands grows. |
Can a foreign worker get in here?
Foxconn is the most internationally staffed employer in this catalogue — around 33 nationalities, with Mongolians the largest foreign group at roughly 500 people in Pardubice, recruiting largely by word of mouth among existing staff. It is also the employer with the most documented criticism of how agency workers were treated. Both things are true and you should know both.
Confirmed large-scale foreign hiring. The 2018 reporting on agency conditions is essential reading.
Getting there
Pardubice plant: U Zámečku 27, inside the city, on bus routes 12 and 28 and trolleybus routes 2 and 27. Kutná Hora plant: Karlov 245, reachable by bus from the central station, about 70 km from Prague.
Where workers live
Historic reporting from 2008–2009 named the Fores and ProCafé hostels in Kutná Hora, used because Foxconn did not build the housing it had promised. A Vietnamese worker paid over 10,000 Kč a month for a small panel-block flat where locals paid around 8,000. Current accommodation data is not published.
No current intake here
We have nothing open in Pardubický kraj / Středočeský kraj this month.
Frequently asked questions
Does Foxconn CZ hire foreign workers?
Foxconn is the most internationally staffed employer in this catalogue — around 33 nationalities, with Mongolians the largest foreign group at roughly 500 people in Pardubice, recruiting largely by word of mouth among existing staff. It is also the employer with the most documented criticism of how agency workers were treated. Both things are true and you should know both.
What does it pay?
Foxconn does not publish a wage table. What is documented comes from press reporting and current agency adverts, and the spread over time is wide. Pension contributions up to 2.5% of salary with a 500 Kč monthly minimum, 3,000 cafeteria points a year, MultiSport at 450 Kč/month, five weeks' holiday.
What are the shifts?
Historically twelve-hour shifts on a continuous six-day pattern, criticised by Deutsche Welle in 2013; Foxconn rejected the criticism and state inspections found no breaches Named Regional Employer of the Year in Pardubice for the eleventh consecutive time in 2025
Where would I live?
Historic reporting from 2008–2009 named the Fores and ProCafé hostels in Kutná Hora, used because Foxconn did not build the housing it had promised. A Vietnamese worker paid over 10,000 Kč a month for a small panel-block flat where locals paid around 8,000. Current accommodation data is not published.
Can I apply directly instead of through an agency?
If you are already legally resident in Czechia, yes — apply on the company careers page. From outside the EU it is much harder, because a direct application rarely covers employee card sponsorship, and that is the part an agency arranges.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these. Where a fact could not be verified, we left it out rather than estimating.