Why did Huawei introduce its ‘Time-based Unit Plan’ and what maintenance challenges do you foresee for this plan? With some 170,000 staff worldwide, Chinese telco giant Huawei is undoubtedly one of the world’s most successful employee-owned businesses. Huawei also operates a broadly-based profit-sharing and employee share ownership scheme that is said to be highly effective in supporting the firm’s HR and strategic objectives.