Xiaohongshu was laid off before the year-end award was exposed, and some employees were informed on the same day.

Xiaohongshu was laid off before the year-end award was exposed, and some employees were informed on the same day.

Xiaohongshu was exposed to layoffs before the year-end award, and some employees were told that day. A news about the layoffs of Xiaohongshu made a hot search list. A number of netizens broke the news that the last day notice was suddenly received on the same day. Xiaohongshu was laid off before the year-end award was exposed, and employees were also notified on the same day.

Xiaohongshu was laid off before the year-end bonus was exposed, and some employees were told that it was1April 2 1. Xiaohongshu, a "grass-planting community", was suddenly exposed to layoffs. According to Sina Technology, Xiaohongshu's layoffs occurred before the performance year-end bonus was issued at the end of April, and even some laid-off employees were told that the day was the "last day".

There is also a laid-off employee in Xiaohongshu, who talked about his own situation in the pulse. He works in Beijing and was interviewed by HR on the afternoon of April 20th. He is still on probation and was asked to leave on April 29th. And it's just a notice, leaving no room for communication for employees. The compensation method is N+ 1, and neither year-end bonus nor performance bonus will be issued.

The laid-off employees also questioned Xiaohongshu's request for his resignation on April 29. "It is clear that people are still there when the year-end award is issued at 0430, but they just don't want to issue a year-end award (award). Isn't the so-called compensation scheme the year-end award that should have been given? "

Another netizen who was certified as an employee of Xiaohongshu said that he was also laid off, and he "went out on the same day after talking, and his performance was not at the end of the year".

Sina technology mentioned two viewpoints in the report. One is that the layoffs of Xiaohongshu account for 20% of the whole, and many departments are affected. The other is that layoffs "belong to normal inventory optimization, which belongs to the last elimination, fattening and slimming. After optimization, recruitment will be started, but the recruitment volume is not large".

At present, Xiaohongshu has not responded to the rumors of layoffs and these two statements.

Xiaohongshu was exposed to the news that 202 1, 1 won the $500 million Series E financing. The main investors are Temasek and Tencent, and the investors include Alibaba, Tiantu Investment and Sheng Yuan Capital. At that time, it was reported that the valuation of Xiaohongshu had reached $20 billion.

This layoff is less than half a year since they got huge financing.

In 2020, Qu Fang, the founder of Little Red Book, shared her mistakes in the past seven years. One of the mistakes is that at the beginning of their business, they also encountered the problem of "recruiting people too quickly". Qu Fang said: "Maybe everyone will be like me. When they make a mistake, they will definitely not think it is a mistake before making such a decision. It was not until we received negative feedback that we began to reflect on our mistakes: there are problems in recruiting people and knowing people, but it is impossible to try to solve the problem of knowing people with people. "

So she summed up a truth: "The organization will always serve the business."

At present, Xiaohongshu has two main business lines, namely e-commerce and community. In the past three years, Xiaohongshu has been exploring e-commerce business on the basis of community. In 20 19, xiaohongshu split the e-commerce business, and then tested the water live broadcast business. However, at the beginning of 2022, Xiaohongshu announced the merger of the former Community Department and the E-commerce Department into a new Community Department, and Liu Huantong, the former head of its e-commerce business, was exposed to leave. Obviously, Xiaohongshu's e-commerce business has developed and

The layoffs of Xiaohongshu may be related to the development of their e-commerce business in addition to the overall downturn of the Internet environment. After all, "the organization will always serve the business"!

Xiaohongshu was exposed to layoffs before the year-end award. April 2 1 Some employees got the news, and a news about the layoffs of Xiaohongshu was on the hot search list. Many netizens broke the news, saying that "the last day was suddenly notified, and there was only notice, and there was no room for communication. The compensation method is N+ 1, but the year-end award is not available. "

It is reported that the layoffs affected all departments, more fresh graduates and probationary employees, and employees of Beijing and Shanghai companies were laid off. It is reported that Xiaohongshu generally issues performance year-end awards at the end of April each year.

However, it is also said that it is a normal inventory optimization, which belongs to the last elimination, fattening and draining. After optimization, recruitment will begin, but the recruitment volume is not large.

Caijing Tianxia Weekly learned this news from many sources. According to people close to Xiaohongshu, this is not a big layoff, and some departments are still recruiting people normally. The overall layoff ratio shall not exceed 10%. This round was originally optimized for the company's regular annual assessment. According to one person familiar with the matter, this optimization has given employees a certain buffer period. "I understand that some people who left their jobs in May will be paid by Xiaohongshu for the salary and social security of that month."

For the rumors of layoffs, Xiaohongshu has not responded at present.

Last year, Internet giants experienced regulatory storms such as anti-monopoly, coupled with internal and external influences such as the epidemic, and many Internet companies such as Ali, Tencent and Meituan joined the army of layoffs. It is reported that many business departments in JD.COM are laying off employees, with the ratio ranging from 10% to 30%. It is reported that recently, a large number of employees in the staff service center of JD.COM Headquarters Building 1 Building are waiting to go through the resignation procedures, and the number of employees in a single day exceeds 1000.

Not only in JD.COM, but also in the case of layoffs, many laid-off employees have confirmed to the new tax network that they have "graduated" and received a notice of layoffs called "Guide to graduation day".

There is also the US Mission, a flexible employer. In April, the largest wave of layoffs broke out in the US Mission in two years. From the business group where the core Meituan takeaway is located, to the business sectors such as Meituan optimization and Meituan shopping, especially the community group buying sector that once became the stage for capital competition, corresponding personnel adjustments have been made.

Xiaohongshu was exposed to layoffs before the year-end award, and some employees were told that day. Recently, there have been frequent rumors of layoffs on the Internet. On April 2 1 day, Xiaohongshu was exposed to layoffs, which immediately caused a heated discussion on the Internet.

According to media reports, many employees of Xiaohongshu broke the news on the pulse, and they were suddenly informed of the last day that day, leaving only room for communication. The compensation method for laid-off workers is N+ 1, but laid-off workers can't get the year-end bonus. It should be noted here that Xiaohongshu generally issues performance year-end awards at the end of April each year.

In addition, some employees of Xiaohongshu revealed that the overall layoffs were 20%, and all departments were affected, affecting more freshmen and probation employees. As far as the region is concerned, employees of Beijing and Shanghai companies have been laid off.

However, there is also a saying that it is normal inventory optimization, which belongs to the last elimination. After optimization, the company will start to recruit, but the recruitment volume is not large. A job seeker revealed to the media that he had passed the interview before, but was told that there was no HC; Another job seeker said that he also received a recruitment call from a headhunter in Xiaohongshu a few days ago. At present, Xiaohongshu has no response to the rumors of layoffs.

It is worth noting that since the beginning of this year, there have been many news on the Internet that Little Red Books has adjusted its organizational structure. Earlier, some media reported that the former Ministry of Community and the Ministry of Commerce would be merged into a new Ministry of Community. At present, Xiaohongshu is in the stage of preparation for listing, and there have been many news of listing before. In June 5438+last year 10, it was reported that Xiaohongshu was considering moving its listing place from the United States to Hong Kong, China, and conducting an IPO in Hong Kong with a scale of at least 500 million US dollars. In this regard, Xiaohongshu once responded that there is no clear IPO plan at present.