TikTok Layoffs: Hundreds of Employees Affected in Malaysia

Yibeni Tungoe — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0000

According to a report, the current round of TikTok layoffs have affected hundreds of workers as the company shifted gears towards AI to moderate content. The layoffs have affected mostly workers in Malaysia. No employees from the US have been affected.

The ByteDance-owned app has not provided the exact number of employees laid off, but the job cut is estimated to affect around 500 people. A spokesperson from TikTok has also stated that these layoffs were part of TikTok’s efforts to strengthen and grow its worldwide operating model for content moderation. The company has thus confirmed that the tech layoffs have to do with the company’s moving forward with AI.

TikTok is known to utilize both human moderators and AI to moderate content posted on its platform. However, with the TikTok layoffs taking place right now, the company might seek to obtain a completely automated future, or at least a majorly automated future. The social media giant has stated that it plans to invest around $2 billion in safety and trust in the current year. This investment will work towards improving the platform’s efficiency in removing the content that goes against TikTok’s guidelines. The video-sharing platform has also predicted for itself that automated technology would remove up to 80% of the unapproved content.

TikTok Layoffs: The platform’s past layoffs

This is not the first time in 2024, that TikTok laid off its employees. In April alone, the company let go of over 250 workers in Ireland. In January, TikTok laid off around 60 employees in advertising and sales. However, the biggest TikTok layoffs may be yet to come. Reports were circulating in May that the company was planning on laying off over 1,000 employees. These workers expected to be laid off worked in the marketing and operations division of the company.

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Qualcomm Layoffs Affects 226 San Diego Workers

Yibeni Tungoe — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:37:00 +0000

Leading chipset company, Qualcomm layoffs around 266 workers in San Diego. The layoffs are expected to take effect on November 12.

This is not Qualcomm’s first time laying off its workers. The decision to lay off the workers in Sand Diego comes not even a year after the company laid off 1.250 workers in 2023. The California WARN notice announced the job layoffs but The San Diego Union-Trubune were the first to report on the Qualcomm layoffs.

Employees from 16 facilities across San Diego will be hit and Qaualcomm’s headquarters are no exception. The company’s headquarters in San Diego also has a cybersecurity team. However no clarification has been given regarding whether this division will be affected. The tech company has reported a 435 billion annual revenue and the company’s CEO, Cristiano Amon got a hefty $23.5 million compensation package.

Qualcomm Lays Off: Growing trend of tech layoffs

Qualcomm is one among many tech companies that have laid off their employees. The lack of job security has made working in the tech industry a gamble. This ‘trend’ of tech layoffs is expected to continue as the years go by. Concerns about AI taking over jobs are also up for debate which could lead to even more layoffs. But there are other factors such as a shift in company priorities or budget cuts. These reasons could lead to people losing their jobs.

Other than the Qualcomm layoffs, tech giants such as Microsoft have also cut down more than 650 jobs from the Xbox division, The layoffs affected the supporting and corporate division. No game development divisions were affected by this layoff. Furthermore, the company has also laid off 1,900 employees from the gaming division, which includes employees from Activision Blizzard, Xbox and ZeniMax.

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TikTok Layoffs: Hundreds of Employees Affected in Malaysia

TikTok Layoffs: The platform’s past layoffs

Qualcomm Layoffs Affects 226 San Diego Workers

Qualcomm Lays Off: Growing trend of tech layoffs