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A San Jose-based product manager, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media, says he was more worried about the TikTok ban before he joined the company earlier this year than now..
While outsiders speculate about the apps potential demise, US-based TikTok employees say discussions of the ban happen more with their international counterparts or with non-ByteDance friends..
Very occasionally, some of us might say that maybe its time to jump ship, but those discussions rarely come up, the TikTok product manager says.. In April, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA) was signed into law, requiring that TikTok sell its US operation to a domestic buyer or be banned..
Employees at TikTok and ByteDance claim they are talking much less about the ban now compared to in April, when the US governments order for ByteDance to divest TikToks business was first issued...
Even if a ban does shutter TikTok in the US, employees say they are either confident of finding a job in the tech sector soon or believe ByteDance will take care of their jobstransferring them to non-TikTok teams or offices outside the US...
