ByteDance laid off all its employees in Wuhan because of AI? Stop spreading rumors… AI is being unfairly blamed to this extent; even AI itself didn't expect this 🤣 The core reason: ByteDance has recently been addressing the "silo problem." What is the silo problem? ByteDance's bases are currently geographically dispersed, located all over the world. Sometimes a team of 10 people might be scattered across 10 countries, leading to extremely high communication costs. Although remote work is possible now, anyone who has truly collaborated across multiple departments knows how difficult cross-regional, multi-departmental communication is… It's practically Schrödinger's cat alignment 🤡 According to internal sources within ByteDance, this move in Wuhan has nothing to do with AI. In early December last year, there was an internal notification that by March of this year, all ByteDance employees in Wuhan would be relocated to first-tier cities, to follow the general direction of silo management. A friend of mine was interviewed for a position in Beijing, but he didn't want to go. He insisted on being based in Hangzhou, or he wouldn't accept the offer. ByteDance even created a special position for him in Hangzhou. This restructuring isn't about layoffs; it's either relocation or retraining. Only if nobody wants them will they receive a major incentive package. Similar to the rumored Wuhan department, the team my colleague previously worked on in Hangzhou followed the same process. ByteDance insiders believe this is a good thing, because the fragmented organizational structure led to inefficient communication within ByteDance, unlike Pinduoduo. All of PDD's R&D teams are located in Shanghai, in one building, resulting in highly efficient communication. Therefore, ByteDance has recently been addressing the siloed communication issues caused by the fragmented organizational structure, a pre-planned internal organizational optimization… Don't always blame AI! 🤡