Social-media company has said it would add 3,000 engineers, plans to boost head count at Mountain View, Calif., hub
Several of the world’s biggest tech companies are laying off employees. One company bucking the trend so far is TikTok.
Amid a retrenchment in Silicon Valley, the Chinese-owned social-media company is in the middle of a three-year hiring push, having committed to add about 3,000 engineers in worldwide locations including the U.S.
TikTok also is hiring at its major hub in Singapore, according to people familiar with its plans. TikTok’s owner, Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., is also recruiting people in China to work on its TikTok platform. TikTok isn’t available in China, but ByteDance offers a Chinese alternative called Douyin.
TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew said this week that amid big downsizing at some of his competitors, TikTok was still hiring, though at a measured pace.
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This article was written by Raffaele Huang & Stu Woo for The Wall Street Journal.
