Insider: Tencent "laying off 50%" claim is completely untrue

November 12: According to Jiemian News, in response to today's outside claims that "Tencent is laying off 50%," sources close to Tencent said that during Tencent's 28th anniversary Linktime online livestream, Tencent management proactively expressed its determination to accelerate organizational change, and specifically noted that this is different from the "cost reduction and efficiency improvement" round a few years ago. The previous round was relatively passive and leaned more toward "cost reduction"; this one is a proactive move aimed at the AI era, leaning more toward "efficiency improvement," inspiring teams to create new value and encouraging frontline colleagues to step forward, while middle management needs to become flatter and more agile.

To respond to the new changes, the company internally needs to proactively think about new approaches and new battlefields: 50% of people, like the army, are responsible for guarding their territory, doing the existing core business well through efficiency gains; the other 50%, like the navy, embrace the wave, explore AI Native and expand new space for development. This is a redeployment of company resources to adapt to the AI era, and it may also be where the so-called "50% layoff" rumor was misread from; that claim is completely untrue.