JD.com to Lay Off 10 Percent of Senior Executives This Year: Report

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By Agence France-Presse | Updated: 19 February 2019 15:49 IST
JD.com to Lay Off 10 Percent of Senior Executives This Year: Report

JD.com, one of China's largest e-commerce sites, will lay off 10 percent of its senior executives this year, Chinese online media outlet Sina Tech reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources.

The cuts were announced at the company's annual party last week, the report said, adding that JD.com, which has nearly 100 senior executives, had confirmed the planned layoffs.

The layoffs come during a broader slowdown in China's tech sector, wherein start-ups are vying for shrinking pools of venture capital and established companies are looking for new revenue opportunities as growth plateaus.

JD.com is backed by US-based Walmart, Alphabet's Google, and China's Tencent Holdings.

A JD.com spokesperson declined to comment on Reuters' queries, but said the company was looking to maximise its resources.

"We are actively promoting the empowerment of staff at all levels, with the aim of maximizing resources to provide equal opportunities for qualified talent and to ensure quality growth of the business in the future," the spokesperson said in a statement.

Last week, Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing said it would lay off 15 percent of its staff, with cuts coming mostly from non-core business units.

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In November, JD.com reported its slowest quarter revenue growth since its initial public offering in 2014.

The company is also recovering from a scandal involving CEO Richard Liu, who in 2018 was arrested in the United States on suspicions of rape. Liu denied the allegations and US prosecutors announced that Liu will not face charges.

 

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