Tiktok plans to cut a large number of employees from its operations and marketing teams. The company informed the employees about this cnnhas mentioned.
Teams handling user support and communications, as well as content and marketing, are expected to be affected by the global layoffs. TikTok’s current global user operations team will reportedly be terminated. And the rest of the staff will be placed in the company’s ‘trust and safety’, marketing, content and product teams.
Some Tiktok employees were told about the ‘layoff’ plans on Tuesday evening.
The staff reduction was planned almost a year ago. But disruptions in TikTok’s marketing, ‘trust and safety’ and operations teams have caused delays, an employee told CNN.
The employee said the layoffs had nothing to do with the legal and political turmoil the company is facing in the U.S., which could lead to a nationwide ban.
It is not clear how many Tiktok employees will lose their jobs. A ‘large percentage’ of around 1,000 employees working in the affected teams is expected to be laid off. In 2023, Tiktok disclosed that it had 7,000 employees in the US alone.
