A source told The Malaysian Reserve that most of the workers are involved in content moderation for the platform, not only in South-East Asia but also in other regions.Chad , a former employee of the company, reached out to WORLD OF BUZZ to share that nearly 700 employees were laid off.
“On October 9 at 7 PM, all queues and permissions were cut off. At 8 PM, an email was sent out about the retrenchment. That’s how we were all treated and informed about the layoffs. Our last day would be on November 11.” They expect that several hundred people will be impacted globally as part of a broader plan to improve their moderation operations.According to the South China Morning Post, TikTok announced internally in May that job cuts are expected to affect an undisclosed portion of the roughly 1,000 jobs globally.