It is rumored online that employees of JD.com jumped off the building because they took out loans to buy houses. Is this true?

Recently, there are rumors on Maimai Zhiyan that an employee of JD.com’s global shopping department chose to hang himself due to work reasons. After being widely reported by the media, it can’t help but be reminded of JD.com’s recent layoffs. . In response to the rumors of employee suicide, JD.com said that the relevant reports are seriously false and will take legal action against the rumor-mongering media. Let’s take a look below.

JD responds to rumors of employee suicide

According to news on April 12, in response to rumors that "JD employees committed suicide due to layoffs", a JD spokesperson responded on Weibo that the employee was not involved in the so-called Jingdong loan house purchase plan, and no layoffs.

A few days ago, it was reported that a JD.com employee committed suicide because he was laid off by JD.com because he took a loan from JD.com and bought a house purchased by JD.com in a group purchase. JD.com asked him to pay off the debt in one lump sum, amounting to several million. The employee could not accept it and committed suicide by hanging himself. In response, JD.com responded that the Weibo account "Big Boss Gossip" has repeatedly published false rumors about JD.com and JD.com employees, and recently posted false rumors about the passing of JD.com employees on Weibo. JD.com said that based on internal understanding, the employee did not participate in the so-called JD.com loan house purchase plan, nor was he laid off. Spreading rumors is shameful, and spreading rumors against the deceased is even more shameless. We will take immediate legal action to safeguard the dignity of the company and employees.

It is rumored that JD.com will conduct major layoffs

Previously, people familiar with the matter said that JD.com is studying a round of large-scale layoffs, which may reduce the workforce of some teams by half. JD.com may cut 8% of its more than 150,000 employees, or more than 12,000 jobs. One of the people said that while it is unclear how the layoffs will be distributed, the cuts are expected to affect the team at JD.com’s Beijing headquarters, as well as JD.com’s large number of delivery and warehouse employees.

But later, JD.com immediately denied the rumor and stated that it would create more than 15,000 new jobs this year. But in recent times, judging from the large and small rumors coming out of JD.com, big changes are brewing within JD.com. From the couriers at the bottom to the directors, it seems that big changes are about to happen.