Recently, a number of Internet companies have been exposed to layoffs and rushed to the hot search. The official reasons for the layoffs are "varied", which has aroused public concern about the layoffs of Internet companies.
Recently, it is reported that Huya has recently made overall layoffs, the proportion of layoffs in international business is as high as 70%, and the operation team of Nimo, a sea product, has shrunk significantly; the domestic business team has laid off 20%, mainly concentrated in innovative departments such as "cloud games", and the layoffs are crisp and clean, and the morning notice will leave in the afternoon. In this regard, Huya replied that it would not comment.
At the same time, the news said that Douyu has also recently started layoffs. According to insiders, Douyu Live has laid off 30% of its employees as a whole, and the main layoffs are game business and live broadcast brokerage, and the layoffs are concentrated in teams in Shanghai and Beijing, and the Wuhan headquarters is also involved. Douyu replied to the media: "There is no large-scale layoffs, only some normal personnel optimization adjustments." ”
Under the tide of layoffs in large factories, there are some new changes in the flow of talents in the IT Internet industry. According to the "2022 Spring Recruitment Market Weekly Report (Phase IV)" released by Zhaopin Recruitment, the characteristics of talent flow in the spring of 2022 are: the talent conversion rate of the IT Internet industry increased by 10%, but it is still the first choice for talents in other industries; Internet people most want to go to the manufacturing industry, and the proportion increases.
According to time finance statistics, there are more than a dozen Internet manufacturers that laid off employees in the first quarter, and the compensation is generally an "N+1" scheme.
According to Article 47 of the Labor Contract Law, after the termination of the labor contract, the economic compensation shall be paid to the employee according to the standard of one month's salary for each full year of the employee's work in the unit. Where there is more than six months and less than one year, it shall be counted as one year; if it is less than six months, the worker shall be paid a severance compensation for half a month's wage.
Xi Xufeng of Beijing Weiheng (Fuzhou) Law Firm told Time Finance: "If the employer terminates the compensation N in accordance with the provisions of the Labor Contract Law, if it is not not notified one month in advance, the minimum payment is 1 month. If the termination violates the provisions of the Employment Contract Law, the employer needs to pay 2N compensation. ”
In fact, behind every layoff, there are often hidden complex contradictions between the two sides of the employment and the cruel living environment in the workplace. Unjustified layoffs, forced departures, malicious wage arrears, such things will happen not only to fresh graduates, but also to old employees who have worked for more than ten years.
On the occasion of International Labor Day, let's take stock of the various reasons for layoffs in Internet companies.
Alibaba: Actively embrace change and make business adjustments
On March 13, the topic of "Ali layoffs" appeared on Weibo's hot search.
According to social platform information, Alibaba (09988. HK;BABA.NYSE) layoffs include MMC (community e-commerce), Fliggy and other businesses, Tencent Holdings (00700. HK) layoffs involved PCG (Platform and Content Business Group) and CSIG (Cloud and Smart Industry Business Group).
At that time, Ali did not respond.
According to the news of "Netinfo China" on April 8, recently, a number of large Internet companies have carried out large-scale layoffs and triggered heated discussions in public opinion. In this regard, China Netinfo conducted an interview on the employment and business development of Internet companies such as Alibaba.
Alibaba Group said that although the external environment has changed and the development of enterprises is facing new challenges, the group has taken the initiative to embrace changes to adjust its business, actively adapt to the new environment, focus on key areas and customer value, and use more effective supply to better serve users. In order to attract and retain talents, the Group upgraded its employee welfare program, set up transportation subsidies, and piloted the flexible office system, adding more than 9,000 employees to its core business in the past year.
Tencent: Cost optimization for loss-making businesses
On March 13, the topic of "Tencent layoffs" was also on Weibo's hot search. Rumor has it that Tencent expects to lay off 10%-30% of its workforce.
At the performance briefing on March 23, Tencent President Martin Lau also responded to the recent news of Tencent employee optimization. He said that at present, the Internet industry is encountering structural challenges and changes, and Tencent, as a participant, will also take the initiative to adjust, "We have also optimized the cost of loss-making businesses in order to maintain more healthy growth." ”
In addition, according to the news of "Netinfo China" on April 8, Tencent said that thanks to the steady economic growth of the mainland, the company's business has maintained a stable growth trend, and its operating income in 2021 has increased by 16.2% year-on-year. At the same time, the scale of personnel continues to expand, and by the end of 2021, the company has 112,800 employees, an increase of 31.3% year-on-year. This year, we will continue to introduce core scientific and technological personnel and outstanding fresh graduates, and it is expected that the total number of employees will continue to increase.
Meituan: This year, we will continue to promote the recruitment plan for fresh graduates
According to media reports, from April 8 to 9, the anonymous chat section inside Meituan was filled with a large number of "graduation" posts, which pointed to the biggest wave of layoffs in the two years that meituan had just occurred. Laid-off Meituan employees will receive the industry's customary "N+1" monthly salary as a compensation plan. The laid-off employees were also given two weeks of paid leave as a buffer time to find new jobs.
According to the news, this layoff is almost all of Meituan's business lines, and the core takeaway business is located in the home business group, the "cash cow" store business group and the wine and tourism business group, as well as the new business sectors such as Meituan Preferred, Meituan Grocery Shopping, and Fast Donkey, and the layoff ranges from 10%-20%.
At that time, the US group did not respond to this. According to the news of "Netinfo China" on April 8, Meituan said that the company's operating income in 2021 increased by 56% year-on-year. By the end of 2021, the number of Meituan trading users increased by 35.2% year-on-year, and the number of active merchants increased by 29.2% year-on-year. With the expansion of business, the company's business lines and functional lines such as store-to-store, home-based, online ride-hailing, and cycling have all increased to a certain extent. Since July last year, the net increase in employees has increased by 17,000 people, and this year we will continue to promote the recruitment plan for fresh graduates.
Station B: Iterative talent echelon
Recently, there are market rumors that the live broadcast business department of Station B is about to lay off employees, and the layoff list has been preliminarily prepared, and when the Shanghai area returns to normal, the layoff interview will affect the entire live broadcast department.
According to the news, the reason for the layoffs may be the imbalance between the live broadcast area of station B and the settled guild, and the live broadcast department "allows" the settled guild to brush the water with unlimited rebates higher than the industry standard, resulting in an imbalance in the ecology of the live broadcast area. For example, the anonymous person said that the guild brushed 100 yuan at the B station, and the normal B station would draw 40 yuan from it, but now in order to do the flow, the B station will give the guild another 20-40 yuan, and last year, in extreme cases, the guild brushed 100 yuan, and the platform will even return 108-109 yuan, which means that the guild can obtain high profits as long as the capital chain is sufficient.
On April 18, the relevant person in charge of Station B responded that the live broadcast business is currently developing normally, and the gross profit margin has continued to increase for three consecutive years. Station B continues to invest in live broadcasting business, will continue to recruit and iterate the talent echelon, and is still recruiting outstanding talents, with more than 40 positions in recruitment.
Little Red Book: Normal personnel replacement
Recently, there is news that the social platform app Xiaohongshu is undergoing overall layoffs, "many employees were notified to leave on the same day, and there was no room for communication." The news mentioned that the proportion of employees who have been laid off is about 20%.
In this regard, Xiaohongshu operating company Xingyin Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. said that the "overall layoffs" of the network are actually a normal replacement of personnel.
Xingyin Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. said that since March, Xiaohongshu has carried out annual performance appraisal work in accordance with the usual practice, and carried out normal personnel replacement based on the results of annual performance appraisal. The appraisal is open to all regular employees (including employees during the probationary period), and employees with unqualified performance usually account for about 10%. There are about 200 employees who negotiate to terminate the labor relationship due to unqualified performance, accounting for about 9% of the total number of employees, which is inconsistent with the proportion of "20%" in online messages. For the employees involved, the company is properly carrying out consultation work, conducting one-on-one communication, terminating the labor relationship with them through consultation in accordance with relevant laws and regulations such as the Labor Law, paying n+1 economic compensation, and doing a good job in protecting the rights and interests of employees. At present, the number of employees and business development of Xiaohongshu are generally stable. (Beijing time finance and economics Xiang Yu)