Laurent Hamels/Getty ImageI n the middle of the fight with President Trump last August, TikTok held a virtual all-hands meeting last August and fielded questions from employees. But it is one of several similar moments described in conversations with current and former TikTok employees that portray the company’s workplace as one built on mistrust, suspicion and secrecy. “I’m not disputing that some employees believe that,” a TikTok spokesman says. “But I would dispute that is the widespread belief.” And, to be sure, some employees and former staff members recount overwhelmingly positive workplace experiences. The full extent of the revelations around TikTok’s workplace culture appear in a months-long Forbes investigation into TikTok and the geo-political storm that has enveloped it.

Source: Forbes May 10, 2021 19:52 UTC