PR executive at Chinese tech firm Baidu apologises for comments seen as glorifying overwork

A top public relations executive from Chinese technology firm Baidu apologised on May 9, 2024, after she made comments in a series of videos that critics said glorified a culture of overwork. — AP

HONG KONG: A top public relations executive from Chinese technology firm Baidu apologised on May 9 after she made comments in a series of videos that critics said glorified a culture of overwork.

Baidu’s head of communications Qu Jing sparked a public outcry in China after she implied in the videos that she was not concerned about her employees as she was “not their mom” and said she only cared about results. She also said that the relationship between her and her subordinates was purely an “employer-employee relationship”.