Chinese fast fashion online retailer Shein dismissed 17 employees at its Singapore headquarters, despite the company's plans to continue expanding its business in Singapore.
After the American telecommunications giant Cisco announced its global layoff plan in August, the China division has begun implementation. The Dalian branch has issued a formal layoff notice affecting nearly 300 full-time employees.
Regarding the news of the planned layoff of 8% of employees in the China sales department, Samsung Electronics China stated that in order to enhance the company's organizational efficiency and market competitiveness, it will carry out necessary business adjustments and personnel optimization.
Tesla China recalls laid-off employees, with an expected recall scale of over 100 people, involving departments such as charging, sales, after-sales, and delivery.
Li Auto's representatives have confirmed a substantial reduction in their workforce. The total number of employees has fallen from its peak of over 30,000 to around 22,000 during the latest layoff period.
Ericsson confirmed layoffs in China, stating that the layoffs are aimed at aligning with the company's efforts to diversify its R&D footprint in order to better support its global sales.
Some employees of Amazon China have received layoff notification emails from headquarters. Amazon stated that due to duplication in job categories, it will be reducing hundreds of positions within specific Sales, Marketing, and SMGS organizations.
On March 26, Xie Xin, CEO of ByteDance's Lark (also known as Feishu), sent a letter to all employees announcing a new round of organizational adjustments and appropriate downsizing.
Texas Instruments (TI) recently laid off a chip design team in Beijing. This Beijing team of TI is mainly responsible for the development of low-end power chips, with a team size of about 50 people.
Xiaomi employees have corroborated the layoff rumors, criticizing the company's compensation strategy as a tactless way to avoid paying annual bonuses.
Blizzard China responds to layoffs: it is part of a global personnel adjustment, and restoring the operation of Blizzard games in China is currently one of the main priorities.
In response to online rumors that Bilibili will lay off all game development staff, Bilibili stated: 'The related information is not true; only some projects have been adjusted.'
JD.com has no plans for widespread layoffs and is, in fact, continuing to recruit new employees, said an anonymous insider from the company, adding that the total workforce at JD.com presently stands at 590,000.
