Even with severance pay, having one's plant closed is quite a blow as it is. But reality is often much worse: Many owners do not merely "close," they just plain "abandon" their factories and take off. Not only do employees lose their severance pay, often they lose months of back wages.
關廠資遣，對員工已經是一大打擊，難堪的是，許多老闆不僅關廠，甚至是「棄廠」而去，避不見面；資遣費沒著落外，連工資都積欠好幾個月。