” Strategic Adjustments” ARE MADE BY COMPANY.
The organization is “making strategic adjustments to change our workforce, to better position ourselves for a more efficient, simplified way of working to fulfill potential business needs,” according to an official statement released on Wednesday evening.
The spokesperson continued,” Lazada has continuously changed over the past few years to make sure we maintain a green business development model.”
To better position Lazada to future-proof our company and people, this change necessitates that we reevaluate our workforce requirements and operating structure.
There are still unresolved questions regarding the size of the cuts and the rationale behind this round of downsizing. According to an individual, the shipping team and between 8,000 and 10,000 people are employed by the company in Singapore.
According to CNA, Lazada Singapore had laid off some employees last year, but it was typically only a small number of people or one department that was impacted. This day, it has had an impact on employees at all levels of the business.  ,
The three people claimed to have witnessed star players and also recently promoted individuals being fired, and it was “baffling” because they had no way of knowing who would be fired next.
Additionally, they claimed that the compensation deal was worse than what other tech firms like Shopee and Grab had provided to their laid-off workers the previous year.
This was the biggest downsizing practice, according to one interviewee, and it was “demoralizing.” All claimed that because so many of the collaborators had been fired, they were unable to function.
According to the respondents, the management’s lack of transparency and communication has been a significant issue. Additionally, they claimed that the procedure was objective and could be more “humane.”
One worker remarked,” We all have debts to spend and people to take care of.”
Another worker claimed that during a 20-minute appointment, she was informed that she had been fired. She was asked to sign an agreement and given a compensation offer.  , According to her, the company did not offer any counseling or other help, nor did it offer to buy back their investment options.  ,
ASSISTANCE IS GIVEN, nbsp,
Digital Industry Singapore, a government agency that promotes the development of the local tech sector, andnbsp announced that it is collaborating with Lazada and other government organizations to provide damaged workers with other job opportunities.
Lazada, which Rocket Internet founded in 2012, was purchased by the Alibaba Group in 2016. The provincial office of Alibaba’s e-commerce operations in Southeast Asia are located at  , Lazada Singapore.
It is present in six of the region’s nations, including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. The staff claimed to have heard of layoffs from coworkers in different nations.
They speculated on a number of causes for the latest cuts but claimed it was impossible to know for sure because they had not been informed of the bigger picture.
Alibaba announced a major restructuring in March and divided into six business groups. Along with other e-commerce programs AliExpress, Trendyol, and Daraz, Lazada then falls under the umbrella of Alibaba International Digital Commerce.
Additionally, Alibaba Group announced an extra US$ 634 million funding in Lazada on December 14 of last year.
It is up against fierce opposition from SEA’s Shopee and TikTok, which has launched e-commerce activities in a number of businesses, in the Southeast Asia market. ByteDance-owned TikTok just invested US$ 1.5 billion in Tokopedia, the largest e-commerce app in Indonesia.
Alibaba Group had 235, 000 employees as of March of last year.