Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
The social media platform TikTok plans to cut around 165 jobs in Berlin.
The plans affect 150 employees in the Trust and Safety department as well as 15 employees in the Tiktok Live division. Their tasks are to be either replaced by artificial intelligence or outsourced to external service providers. The company aims to increase the efficiency of workflows through these measures.
According to the Verdi union, TikTok’s management is blocking negotiations regarding notice periods and severance payments for the affected employees at its German headquarters in Berlin. Strikes against the job cuts already took place in July 2025, followed by another warning strike organized by Verdi in September 2025.
TikTok is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance and employs 400 people in Berlin.
Eurofound (2025), TikTok, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 203372, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203372.
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