{"id":1274005,"date":"2023-10-03T03:52:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T22:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1274005"},"modified":"2023-10-03T03:53:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T22:23:02","slug":"byjus-is-firing-upto-5000-employees-bans-employees-from-sharing-layoff-updates-opinions-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/byjus-is-firing-upto-5000-employees-bans-employees-from-sharing-layoff-updates-opinions-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Byju&#8217;s Is Firing Upto 5000 Employees; Bans Employees From Sharing Layoff Updates\/Opinions On Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Byju&#8217;s put in place a new social media policy keeping staff from talking to the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Untitled-design-18.png\" alt=\"Byju's Is Firing Upto 5000 Employees; Bans Employees From Sharing Layoff Updates\/Opinions On Social Media\" class=\"wp-image-1274014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Untitled-design-18.png 1000w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Untitled-design-18-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Untitled-design-18-768x357.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Censorship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employees associated with Byju\u2019s will have to adhere to the rules while interacting with \u201cany media houses, publications or when using, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/business\/startup\/byjus-lays-out-new-social-media-policy-for-employees-amid-layoffs-11436691.html\/amp?utm_campaign=fullarticle&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=inshorts\">participating <\/a>or communicating or through any platforms including but not limited to Twitter (a.k.a. X), LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Telegram, WhatsApp, Quora, blogs, wikis, chat forums, networking forums or any other such tool or service, that facilitates communications or interactions in any form or manner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Restructuring<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes right after letting go 4,000-5000 employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was explained as \u201ccompany&#8217;s decision to restructure businesses\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Threat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A company-wide communication on September 26 said effective immediately, employees who fail to adhere to the guidelines could face disciplinary or legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c&#8230;You are not allowed to speak directly with any media house or provide Company\u2019s information including pictures, videos, screenshots, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAny violation of this will be taken up by the Company seriously and may result in appropriate disciplinary and legal action initiated against you,\u201d said the document titled Social Media Policy Version 1.0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Growing discontent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company earlier used to provide a similar document to the new hires highlighting its code of conduct, sources said creating a separate social media policy and communicating the same company-wide was an attempt at damage control as current and former staff voiced their growing discontent against the edtech major across media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cResponsible usage of social media\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As you are aware, Byju&#8217;s is working with industry experts to review its business process. As part of this exercise, we are reviewing various policies to reflect industry best practices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have updated our existing social media policy and communicated the same internally to our employees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This policy is no different and encourages responsible usage of social media for communication,&#8221; said a company spokesperson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Might <\/strong><strong>be a coincidence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly every company has a social media policy with guidelines on the tone that employees need to have on public platforms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources further said the timing of dissemination might be a coincidence &#8211; the fact that this went out the same day when the company announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/business\/startup\/byjus-unveils-massive-restructuring-under-new-ceo-may-let-go-of-4000-5000-employees-11434061.html\">massive round of restructuring that would impact 4,000-5,000 employees<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other offenses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lately the firm has also avoided written communication, informing employees about their termination on video and audio calls as emails tend to get leaked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Byju\u2019s, in the document (!), also said that it will \u201cactively monitor\u201d employees\u2019 interactions, external communications, all social media postings and publications, which are related to the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2022 it has come under fire for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/business\/startup\/byjus-unveils-massive-restructuring-under-new-ceo-may-let-go-of-4000-5000-employees-11434061.html\">laying off at least 5,000 employees<\/a>. 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