Recently, Baidu's former vice president Xu Jing can be described as a "man of the hour". She single-handedly caused Baidu's market value to evaporate by 6 billion overnight. Perhaps even Xu Jing did not expect that her interview would be paid attention to by so many people. It deeply hurt the emotions of many workers, and also caused Baidu to be affected, which had a huge impact.
Xujing posted a total of four videos, the most controversial of which was "If an employee breaks up and proposes to resign, I will approve it immediately."
’s original words are: Why should I consider the employee’s family? I’m not her mother-in-law. Whether your boyfriend calls you to break up with you or not has nothing to do with me.
If you care about your boyfriend so much, I will approve your resignation in seconds, and I have no obligation to know whether you cried or not, whether you quarreled or not, our relationship is an employment relationship.
Xujing’s remarks were sharp, but inhumane, because respecting and caring for employees are basic qualities that any business leader should possess. However, the message Xujing conveyed was very confusing, and also made people question Baidu’s corporate culture. Deeply affected Baidu's values.
Even if Sujing later deleted the video and apologized, netizens still didn't buy it. At present, Sujing has resigned. Baidu Encyclopedia also wrote her position as "Vice Former President of Baidu", and her term of office is from August 2021 to In May 2024, Baidu Vice President was also deleted from Xujing’s personal authentication information.
Brother Geng Zhi of the "Global Times" column also confirmed that Xu Jing had resigned. When he contacted her in the afternoon, Xu Jing said that she was at work, but by 8 o'clock in the evening, Xu Jing had already resigned.
Many people expected Xujing's resignation, but what they didn't expect was that Xujing's resignation was approved in seconds. It took less than 24 hours from her apology to resignation. It was really a cycle of cause and effect. It was true that she was approved in seconds.
However, there are also internal sources saying that Xu Jing did not submit her resignation herself, but was fired by Baidu’s boss lady. She said that the boss lady Ma Dongmin was very angry. She was studying with her children in the United States, so she flew back from the United States to fire Xu Jing.
This revelation is very true. After all, she said in the afternoon that she had not resigned, but in the evening she left the company inexplicably. It is difficult not to make people speculate that she was fired.
Many netizens joked: Baidu is really a mom-and-pop shop.
netizen: His wife is courageous and has upright views.
netizen: The boss lady approved it instantly, and the boss lady is not her mother-in-law.
In response to Xu Jing’s inappropriate remarks, boss Robin Li also spoke out. He commended Baidu’s outstanding employees and said, “You represent Baidu, and you are the most authentic Baidu.” Robin Li was very excited, and it was obvious that he was really angry. Yes, the negative impact is too great.
In addition, according to information from Tianyancha, it was learned that Xujing had registered a new company in April this year, and its business scope included daily necessities, home appliance sales, cultural and entertainment brokerage services, etc. Someone at
also confirmed that Xu Jing has the idea of developing in the direction of self-media. I don’t know whether to make short videos or become an Internet celebrity. With such a big fuss and loss of job, Xu Jing will not be so cold and mean now, right?
