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TikTok is expected to hire around 3 new employees worldwide, opportunities are for content monitoring, commercial and engineering

Written by Geovane Souza
Published 21/11/2022 às 20:47
TikTok is expected to hire around 3 new employees worldwide, opportunities are for content monitoring, commercial and engineering
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Byte Dance said it intends to hire more than 3 employees to work on TikTok over the next three years in several countries

O TikTok announced last week that it intends to continue its wave of hiring new employees in the United States and in various locations around the world.. In contrast to other major internet companies like Twitter, Amazon and Meta, which have recently reduced their workforces.

The company that owns TikTok, Byte Dance, plans to employ more than 3.000 new employees worldwide over the next three years. Employment opportunities are among engineers, people connected with content monitoring and Commercial area from the company.

More than 20.000 employees currently work for the organization, and its headquarters are spread across the cities of Los Angeles, New York, Dublin, Singapore and London.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Shou Cheng said that the recruitment cadence is excellent for TikTok, and that it will continue to hire employees in the coming years. Shou Cheng added: "We are doing this at a pace that we feel is appropriate for the global problems we face."

TikTok plans to expand its operations in all countries, especially in North America

TikTok intends to significantly increase its workforce, particularly in the US. To achieve this goal, they have plans to increase the number of engineers working at its main center in the country.

The social network's headquarters are in Mountain View, California, and today it has more than 1.000 employees working there.

According to the report published on the website The Information, the TikTok team in California is expected to more than double in the next three years, reaching about 2.000 employees, as a result of the new hires.

In addition to engineers, the social network is looking for other professionals to improve the application's features and infrastructure, as well as a commercialization team to discover new ways to profit from its operations.

TikTok is hiring new employees while other tech companies are laying off workers

Contrary to widespread layoff announcements made by Twitter, Meta and Amazon, the decision was made to expand the number of employees working at TikTok.

After Elon Musk acquired Twitter, more than half of the professionals who worked for the social network were fired shortly after the acquisition. The corporation, which had about 7.500 employees, laid off at least 3.500 of those individuals.

There are also rumors that Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, will lay off around 11.000 people, which is equivalent to about 13% of the company's workforce.

Still according to an article published right here in the CPG, the Amazon may lay off up to 10.000 employees as part of its wave of layoffs.

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Geovane Souza

Geovane Souza is a specialist in internet content creation, SEO actions and digital marketing. In his spare time he studies Information Systems at the IFBA Campus of Vitória da Conquista.

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