China News Service, Beijing, April 8 (Reporter Liu Yuying) Net letter China WeChat public account reported on the 8th that the number of workers employed by Internet companies has remained stable in the past six months.
In response to rumors of large-scale layoffs by many large Internet companies, China Netcom interviewed 12 Internet companies including Tencent, Alibaba, Meituan, and JD.com about their employment and business development.
Enterprises have expressed that the flow of personnel in the Internet industry is generally fast, the current number of employees and business development are generally stable, and they are full of confidence in future development.
According to statistics, from July 2021 to mid-March 2022, 12 companies including Tencent, Alibaba, ByteDance, Meituan, Pinduoduo, Kuaishou, Baidu, JD.com, NetEase, Weibo, Bilibili and Ant Group The total number of employees leaving the company was 216,800, the total number of recruits was 295,900, and the net increase in employment was 79,100. Among them, 11 companies recruited more than they left.
Tencent said it had 112,800 employees by the end of 2021, a year-on-year increase of 31.3%.
This year, core scientific and technological personnel and outstanding fresh graduates will continue to be introduced, and the total number of employees is expected to continue to increase.
According to Meituan, the company's operating income in 2021 will increase by 56% year-on-year.
With the expansion of the business, the company's business lines and functional line personnel such as in-store, home, online car-hailing, and cycling have increased to a certain extent.
Since July last year, there has been a net increase of 17,000 employees, and this year will continue to promote the recruitment plan for fresh graduates.
While expanding and strengthening the main business, many companies have adjusted and optimized some businesses, and the number of employees in corresponding positions has decreased and increased, but the total number of employees has remained stable and increased.
The Weibo Company has recently reduced and optimized the loss-making business, while expanding the scale of content-related personnel to maintain the stability of the personnel in other sectors. It is expected that the total number of employees this year will increase on the basis of last year.
Baidu Group has adjusted some business organizational strategies, focusing on increasing investment in personnel and technology in intelligent cloud, chips, and autonomous driving. In 2021, the R&D investment in related fields will be 22.1 billion yuan.
Baidu Group said that at present, the company has achieved significant advantages in key technical fields such as autonomous driving, intelligent transportation, machine translation, and deep learning framework for flying paddles, and the number of employees is generally stable.
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