Headhunters say China's major tech companies continue competing at high salaries for foundation-model and Agent talent
Leifeng.com interviewed multiple headhunters, who said that while China's major internet companies are tightening overall hiring, they still offer scarce foundation-model talent annual packages of 2000000 to 5000000 yuan. Application-side roles are shrinking, while demand remains strong for talent in model training, evaluation, data, and Agent infrastructure.