ByteDance-owned short video app TikTok has fired its entire India workforce, according to a report in a prominent business news portal.
The company let go of 40 people, claimed the report. The fired employees have been promised nine months of severance pay.
According to the report, the employees have been told that February 28 will be their last day with the company.
"The entire team was informed. We were anyway told some time ago that business in India may be shut off, so look for jobs. Most people will be given 90 days severance," the report quoted a source as saying.
"We have taken the decision to close our India remote sales support hub, which was put in place at the end of 2020 to provide support to our global and regional sales teams. We greatly appreciate these employees and their impact on our company, and will ensure they are supported at this difficult time," said a TikTok Spokesperson
TikTok is banned in India and most of these workers were engaged in the Dubai and Brazil markets.
When the Indian government banned TikTok, the platform had more than 200 million users in India and the country ws seen as its biggest overseas market.
