Meituan said to hire 60,000 new employees in 2021, nearly doubling its headcount

China’s largest local services e-commerce platform is expected to grow its total headcount to about 100,000 this year

The new positions to be filled mostly comprise on-the-ground logistics and marketing personnel

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Chinese food delivery giant Meituan posted about 900 job vacancies on its recruitment website on June 10, 2021. Photo: Bloomberg

Published: 3:40pm, 10 Jun 2021

Meituan, operator of China’s largest on-demand delivery and local services platform, plans to hire 60,000 new employees in 2021, according to a report on Wednesday by Chinese online media LatePost, almost doubling its headcount amid an investigation by antitrust regulators.

The Beijing-based internet giant has started a recruitment drive, more than a week after reporting a wider net loss in the quarter ended March, to grow its headcount to about 100,000 by the end of this year, factoring in turnover, the report said, citing unidentified sources. The company had 58,390 employees as of mid-May.

The new positions to be filled mostly comprise on-the-ground logistics and marketing personnel, according to the report.

Meituan did not immediately reply to a request for comment on Thursday.

Couriers from Meituan, operator of China’s largest local services e-commerce platform, are seen handling food orders for delivery from a centre in Beijing. Photo: AP

The company’s share price in Hong Kong gained 1.2 per cent during the morning session on Thursday.

About 900 job vacancies were posted by Meituan on its recruitment website on Thursday. These include jobs at its operations for food delivery, bike-sharing and ride-hailing, community group-buying services, powerbank-sharing and unmanned delivery.

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