An ex-TikTok worker claims the company hid the involvement of ByteDance, Fortune reported.
Evan Turner said he had check-ins with a ByteDance exec in Beijing and never met his American boss.
AdvertisementA former TikTok employee said the company tried to hide the involvement of Chinese owner ByteDance in his work by assigning him to a manager in Seattle, whom he never met.
Evan Turner, a former senior data scientist, told Fortune he was being managed by a Beijing-based ByteDance executive when he joined the company.
He claimed he was placed under the management of an American manager in Seattle later in his employment.
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