Heytea was revealed to have started layoffs internally, involving 30% of employees

Heytea was revealed to have started layoffs internally, involving 30% of employees. Layoffs have been initiated before, and there is also news that the information security department of Heytea has been laid off entirely. It was revealed that Heytea has started layoffs internally, involving 30% of its employees. Heytea was revealed to have initiated internal layoffs, involving 30% of its employees1

Just now, Heytea was revealed to have initiated layoffs, involving 30% of its employees! Problems such as excessive overtime, delayed year-end bonuses, and internal strife within the company have erupted, making employees extremely negative.

In addition to Heytea, Naixue also suffered a stock price cut in half, with an expected loss of over 100 million in half a year after listing! What happened to new tea drinks?

Is Heytea going to lay off employees?

On February 9, according to Sina reports, Heytea is implementing layoffs internally. After confirming with many Heytea employees, the main information includes: internal layoffs have been initiated before the year, and some will be laid off after the year, involving 30% of employees in total.

Some employees claimed that all employees did not receive year-end bonuses, while others claimed that the bonuses were “deferred.” The entire information security department was laid off, and 50% of the store development department was laid off.

On the morning of February 9, the issue of Heytea’s layoffs was on the Weibo hot search list, and netizens were talking about it.

"It has expanded too fast all the way, and it must return to normal levels."

"When the field is big, there will be struggles. How high the quality of the officialdom is. They all form cliques, even in enterprises.”

“Crazy expansion, good and bad.”

Heytea responded: The news is untrue, and the year-end bonus has been issued.

According to Ifeng.com Technology, a relevant person in charge of HeyTea told him that the above rumors are all false information. The company does not have any large-scale layoffs. The small number of personnel adjustments before the year were normal personnel adjustments and optimizations based on year-end assessments. . Heytea also stated that employees’ year-end bonuses have been distributed to employees normally before the Spring Festival based on performance.

According to previous reports, many Heytea employees revealed that Heytea had started layoffs internally before the year and would continue to do so after the new year, involving 30% of employees. Some employees said that all employees would not receive year-end bonuses. , the entire information security department was laid off, and the store development department was laid off by 50%.

According to the official response, this information is not accurate. However, netizens were not satisfied with this response and believed that Heytea was "ambiguous" and did not "explain clearly." Perhaps, HeyTea can give a more detailed statement.

Qichacha APP shows that Heytea is a franchise chain organization with white-collar workers and young people as the mainstream consumer groups, and its main products are leisure and drinks. Its affiliated company Shenzhen Meixixi Catering Management Co., Ltd. The company was established in 2016. The legal representative is Nie Yunchen, with a registered capital of 10 million yuan. Its business scope includes: production and sales of hot and cold drinks, snacks, desserts, cakes; retail of books, newspapers, periodicals, etc. It is managed by Heytea (Shenzhen) Enterprise Limited liability company 100% owned.

Qichacha information shows that Heytea has currently completed 5 rounds of financing. Investors include Meituan Longzhu, Tencent Investment, Sequoia Fund, etc. The company controls 34 companies, including Guangdong and Shandong. , Zhejiang, Hubei, Shanghai, etc.

Heytea was exposed to cliques among senior executives

According to Sina Finance, at the end of 2021, news of Heytea’s sudden layoffs spread within the company. Word spread that some departments had been quietly laid off. On Maimai, relevant discussions have begun, and the internal circle of colleagues has also confirmed the matter.

Currently, most of HeyTea’s employees are in a state of “lying flat” and waiting and watching. This large-scale layoff has caused Heytea's problems such as excessive overtime, delayed year-end bonuses, and internal strife within the company to explode, making employees extremely negative.

“Many people are looking forward to being laid off, and at least they can get N+1 compensation. Old employees have little hope,” said an old Heytea employee. "They are all vying to be laid off. There are not enough quotas. Now I am working hard every day, for fear that others will not know that I want to be laid off." An anonymous reply from a Heytea employee on Maimai also confirmed that employees are "flat". mentality.

Another Heytea employee revealed that when he heard that the three-month year-end bonus promised when joining the company was cancelled, he questioned Heytea's company credibility.

In fact, like many young new consumer companies, Heytea has also been exposed by employees to problems such as chaotic internal management, obvious infighting, and unclear systems.

Shen Mingzhe (pseudonym), who has resigned, is an old employee of Heytea. He dare not publicly reveal his actual length of service for fear of being held accountable by his supervisor.

According to him, “This layoff is partly the result of struggle. Heytea’s senior management team rarely stays for two years. They usually leave after more than a year, and some are dismissed within half a year. Fired. Cliques among executives are evident.