TikTok's Toxic Work Culture At London Forced Employees To Quit; Continues Hiring In US

TikTok compelled its London office staff to quit by creating a hostile working culture, Financial Times reports.
TikTok created what staff described as a "kill list" of colleagues in the e-commerce department whom it wanted to fire or end the contracts.
Some of the targeted employees had only been in the positions for a couple of weeks.
TikTok reportedly assigned the staff named on the so-called "kill list" to untrained roles.
TikTok denied the story, highlighting its positive and supportive working environment.
ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo expressed his plans to "dramatically downsize" hiring plans for the year while slowing organizational growth and increasing efficiency.
TikTok is amid a global restructuring process, hiring and firing employees in the U.K. and Europe.
TikTok ignored complaints about the treatment of London workers, and several employees took mental health leave due to the work environment.
TikTok reportedly suffered a mass staff exodus from the e-commerce team in London for alleged aggressive working culture. TikTok Shop Europe replaced Joshua Ma for not allowing maternity leaves. Ma is still at the company in a new undisclosed role.
Meanwhile, TikTok hired 5,000 positions globally, in the U.K., Ireland, Europe, and the U.S.
TikTok downsized its headcount in Beijing while expanding in the U.S. to separate TikTok from its Chinese parent under increasing pressure from the U.S. government over national security concerns.
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