TikTok’s Efforts to Distance Itself From Chinese Parent Stumble Over Talent
Short-video app is trying to reduce ties with ByteDance but is still hiring staff in China for key functions
TikTok is by far the most successful Chinese internet company worldwide.
SINGAPORE—TikTok has accelerated efforts to move workers away from China in an attempt to distance itself from its Chinese parent, but the short-video app still counts on local talent to handle some key functions and continues to recruit there.
TikTok and its parent ByteDance Ltd. have moved key executives to Singapore and the U.S., ramped up hiring of staff and engineers outside of China, and reorganized teams internally from the rest of the Chinese company’s suite of apps, part of efforts to separate the companies under scrutiny from Washington.
