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View all search resultsSome 200 Tokopedia staff leave TikTok amid restructuring
The workers opted to accept compensation packages offered by Tokopedia-owner TikTok rather than being laid off, Deputy House of Representatives Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad said during a meeting called to clarify reports of mass layoffs.
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Manpower Minister Yassierli (right), House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad (center) and Tokopedia and TikTok E-Commerce Indonesia executive director Stephanie Susilo speak to reporters after a meeting at the Legislative Complex in Jakarta, on July 6, 2026. (Antara/Asprilla Dwi Adha)
About 200 employees have accepted compensation packages from TikTok to leave the tech firm as part of a corporate restructuring.
Deputy House of Representatives Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad pushed back against reports of mass layoffs at the company after claims circulated online that TikTok had eliminated 90 percent of Tokopedia's workforce, fueling concerns over the future of the e-commerce platform.
“Only around 200 employees have chosen to take compensation packages. I don't have the exact figure for how many have already received them, and some have already moved on to other jobs,” Dasco said on Monday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
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The workers had opted to accept the compensation deals rather than being laid off, Dasco said, citing information provided by TikTok management during a House of Representatives meeting called to clarify reports of mass layoffs.
The meeting was attended by representatives from TikTok's operations in China and Indonesia as well as by Manpower Minister Yassierli.
TikTok took control of Tokopedia by acquiring a 75.01 percent stake from homegrown tech giant PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia in January 2024, enabling the social media platform owned by China’s ByteDance to resume its e-commerce business in Indonesia following the 2023 shutdown of TikTok Shop.
