Shopee Denies Rumor of Massive Layoff, Transfers Employees Instead

TapTechNews August 5th news, according to Tempo.co's report on Saturday local time, the rumor that the Southeast Asian e-commerce giant Shopee (TapTechNews note: known as Xiaopi in Chinese-speaking regions) would carry out a large-scale layoff of hundreds of people that was once spread on social media was later denied by the official.

Radynal Nataprawira, the head of public affairs of Shopee Indonesia, said that the company did not carry out layoffs, but transferred the employees in the customer service positions to Solo and Yogyakarta. The media quoted the written statement released by Shopee on Saturday as saying that some team members of the company were willing to relocate, but some employees were not willing to move to these two new places.

Radynal said that several employees were not willing to move to these two cities. But he did not specify the exact number. Employees who refused to relocate were not fired but chose to resign.

Radynal further explained that transferring employees to Yogyakarta and Solo was Shopee's plan last year. This is based on the readiness of urban facilities and human resources development. He claimed that this policy is Shopee's effort to create equal employment opportunities.

The report said that transferring employees to Yogyakarta and Solo was Shopee's plan last year. This is based on the readiness of urban facilities and human resources development, and it is Shopee's effort to create equal employment opportunities.