经济学人精读丨互联网公司迎来裁员潮

从2018年年末开始，中国互联网企业进入寒冬，到现在为止，已经有数十家知名互联网公司传出裁员或减少员工福利的消息。3月9日的《经济学人》中就有篇文章报道了这件事，我从中选了两小段进行精讲，其中第一段讲了百度、阿里、腾讯、美团、滴滴、知乎等互联网公司的裁员或减少员工福利的情况，第二段讲了投资者对这一事件的评价。我们一起来看一下：①Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, as well as Meituan-Dianping and Xiaomi, have announced restructuring plans involving a workforce trim or a reduction in new hires. ②Didi Chuxing, a ride-hailing giant, halved year-end bonuses for staff. ③Rumours of large lay-offs have circulated on social media: Zhihu, a Quora-like question-and-answer website, was reported to have fired 300 workers in December (it denied this ………………………………