TikTok Keeps Hiring At Measured Pace While Competitors Meta, Twitter Downsize

Amid a reduction in Silicon Valley, ByteDance Ltd's TikTok is amid a three-year hiring push, having committed to adding about 3,000 engineers worldwide, including in the U.S.
TikTok also hired at its primary hub in Singapore, the Wall Street Journal reported.
ByteDance also recruited people in China to work on its TikTok platform.
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ByteDance offers a Chinese alternative called Douyin in China.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said this week that amid considerable downsizing at some of his competitors, TikTok still hired, though at a measured pace.
TikTok plans to increase the size of its most prominent American engineering hub, in Mountain View, California, which already has more than 1,000 engineers.
Sometimes, TikTok recruiters have approached people recently laid off from rivals, including Meta Platforms Inc META and Twitter Inc.
TikTok cut its FY22 advertising revenue outlook to $10 billion from at least $12 billion.
TikTok aimed to hire at a milder pace compared with previous years.
For now, TikTok recruited engineers to improve features that users see on the app and improve the algorithm and other behind-the-scenes infrastructure that make TikTok work.
TikTok also intends to add contractors who monitor the app for inappropriate videos in the U.S. and at a content-moderation hub in Dublin, Ireland.
ByteDance hired people in China, too. Some new hires would work on TikTok, while others would help ByteDance develop chips.
ByteDance shifted some roles from China to Singapore to address Washington's concerns about TikTok's ties to China.
Reportedly, the pace has been slower than expected because Singapore has a smaller talent pool than China and because of complications in acquiring work visas.
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