Doubao PR Head Denies Mass Layoffs, Citing Organizational Division of Labor Adjustment

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Doubao's PR head denies layoff rumors, stating it is merely an organizational adjustment of division of labor

PANews, September 24: Previous reports indicated a reduction in personnel within the Doubao General Session team. Following the spread of this information, claims such as "Doubao layoffs" and "dialogue team cut in half" emerged online, with some internal employees reportedly lamenting that "Doubao is being marginalized." In response to these online rumors, Liu Xing, the PR head of Doubao, issued a statement denying the accuracy of the information, clarifying that it was simply an organizational adjustment of division of labor. Liu Xing explained that some functions of the Doubao General Session team were split into the Doubao Transaction and Doubao Work teams, with relevant personnel transferred accordingly. Many employees continue to work on dialogue experience-related tasks. For instance, the transaction team also focuses on optimizing the transaction dialogue experience. The team has fewer than 50 people, and the division of labor adjustment involved 11 individuals, of whom 3 resigned. He emphasized that reports by some self-media outlets mentioning "Doubao, used by 200 million people, lays off staff" and "dialogue team..."

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Key points

PANews reported that claims such as "Doubao layoffs" and "dialogue team cut in half" emerged online.
Doubao PR head Liu Xing responded that the information was inaccurate and that it was actually an organizational adjustment of division of labor.
Some functions of the Doubao General Session team were split into the Doubao Transaction and Doubao Work teams, with relevant personnel transferred accordingly.
The original text stated that the team has fewer than 50 people, the division of labor adjustment involved 11 people, and 3 of them resigned.
The original text cites an example stating that the Doubao trading team also optimizes the trading conversation experience.

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The following is analysis, separate from reported facts. Verify important claims independently.

The core of this news is that Doubao denied large-scale layoffs, stating that some team functions were split and some personnel were transferred to other teams; however, 11 people were indeed involved in the adjustment, of which 3 left the company.

Why it matters to readers

It reflects organizational and personnel changes within Doubao-related teams, but the existing content does not support equating this directly with large-scale layoffs.

“Organizational adjustment” typically refers to changes in team responsibilities or personnel allocation, and does not necessarily mean the entire business is cancelled or that there are large-scale layoffs.

Risks and unknowns

Current evidence is primarily Liu Xing's unilateral response, making it impossible to independently confirm the actual scale of personnel changes.
The original text is truncated at “Dialogue Team...”, making it impossible to confirm the full content of the response.
It is impossible to determine based solely on existing evidence whether there will be further personnel or business adjustments in the future.

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