Purdue CEO was exposed and angry. The employee received a red envelope and didn't like it.

Purdue CEO was exposed and angry. The employee received a red envelope and didn't like it.

Purdue CEO was exposed and angered that employees didn't like receiving red envelopes. After this incident was exposed, many netizens commented that the CEO's pattern was slightly smaller. However, some netizens supported Zhang Tao to lose his temper, and Purdue CEO was exposed and angered that employees did not like receiving red envelopes.

Purdue CEO was exposed and angered that employees didn't like receiving red envelopes. The hot discussion is 1. The CEO of Purdue Technology was sent to a hot search because of the anger of employees receiving red envelopes.

February 16, according to Weibo V "Wang Luobei", Zhang Tao, CEO of Purdue Technology, abused employees in the company group and asked employees who didn't like it to return red envelopes. Subsequently, the topic of "Purdue CEO rants that employees don't like receiving red envelopes" was posted on Weibo Hot Search. Some netizens commented: "This CEO pattern is too small", and some netizens said: "I can understand the boss's mood for product promotion".

/kloc-on the afternoon of 0/6, Red Star Capital Bureau tried to contact Purdue Technology to verify this matter. The staff of the other party said that they did not know about the rumors on the Internet.

Since its establishment, Purdue Technology has received eight rounds of financing, including Meituan (03690. HK), Tencent (Tencent Holdings 00700. HK), Sequoia China and other star investment institutions. However, Purdue Technology, which is highly sought after by investment institutions, exposed the news of layoffs five months after the C round of financing.

In addition to denouncing employees, Weibo V "Wang Luobei" also revealed that Zhang Tao had publicly derogated from his friends in the group because employees interviewed them for jobs. The Red Star Capital Bureau found that according to the screenshot, Zhang Tao's friend named Gao Xian, or Gao Xian Robot, belongs to the service robot track.

The CEO thundered that employees didn't like it when they received red envelopes.

User comments: The pattern is too small.

According to the whistleblower, Zhang Tao, CEO of Purdue, released a product promotion video with red envelopes in the company group, asking employees to receive red envelopes to like it. Unexpectedly, many people got red envelopes, but few people liked them.

The whistleblower also provided the group chat record of the company. As can be seen from the figure, Zhang Tao expressed disappointment to the employees who didn't like red envelopes, thinking that employees were not proud of the company's products and work, and asked the employees who didn't like to return red envelopes.

The matter quickly fermented on the Internet, causing heated public opinion. The topic of "Purdue CEO angrily denouncing employees for accepting red envelopes and not praising them" also appeared in Weibo Hot Search. Some netizens commented: "This CEO pattern is too small", and some netizens said: "In order to promote the company's products, you can understand the boss's mood."

It is understood that Purdue Technology in the news refers to Shenzhen Purdue Technology Co., Ltd., and Tianyancha APP shows that this company does have a chairman named Zhang Tao, who is also the founder of Purdue Technology.

/kloc-on the afternoon of 0/6, Red Star Capital Bureau tried to contact Purdue Technology to verify this matter. The staff of the other party said that they did not know about the rumors on the Internet.

According to official website's data, Zhang Tao's resume is very bright: he graduated from HKUST department of mechanical engineering, and his research fields are artificial intelligence and robotics, computer vision and graphics. It has more than 60 technical patents in the field of robotics, and has successively established Lei Feng, a domestic head technology media, and EZ Robotics, a home service robot company.

On 20 16, Zhang Tao, who has rich entrepreneurial experience, founded Purdue Technology, specializing in commercial service robot track. The main customers include well-known enterprises such as Haidilao, Quanjude, Xiabu Xiabu, Banu, Country Garden, Intercontinental Hotel and Sheraton Hotel. Tianyancha APP shows that Zhang Tao is currently associated with more than ten enterprises, including a number of investment partnerships in addition to Purdue Technology and its subsidiaries and branches.

The Red Star Capital Bureau found that Purdue Technology official website showed that Zhang Tao once evaluated himself as "a person who pursues the ultimate, dares to think and dare to do, is good at learning and has a good attitude" in an exclusive interview.

Established for 6 years, it obtained 8 rounds of financing.

It was exposed to layoffs at the beginning of this year.

The Red Star Capital Bureau found that Purdue Technology has received seven rounds of financing since its establishment, including many star investment institutions.

June 20 16, five months after its establishment, Purdue Technology was invested by Angel Wheel of Chang Ying Precision Company. In July, 2020, Purdue Science and Technology obtained the B-round financing of Meituan 1 100 million yuan, followed by the follow-up investment of Meituan and other institutions 1 10,000 yuan. In April and September of 2002/kloc-0, Purdue Technology received C/kloc-0 and C2 rounds of financing from Tencent, Sequoia Capital, Meituan and other companies, with a total financing amount of 1 100 million yuan, making it the most commercially valuable service robot company in the C round of financing.

Purdue Capital has a very close relationship with Meituan, which not only won four rounds of investment from Meituan, but also cooperated with Meituan in intelligent distribution business. According to Southern Metropolis Daily, in July, 2020, Meituan expressed its hope to speed up the online service industry through supply-side digitalization. Investing in Purdue Technology is conducive to combining the advantages of both parties and exploring the local life service and distribution robot industry.

However, Purdue Technology, which is highly sought after by investment institutions, exposed the news of layoffs five months after the C round of financing.

According to many media reports, after Purdue Technology completed its large-scale expansion, the number of employees increased from 300 in July 2020 to 3,000 in June last year. After entering 2022, Purdue Technology began to lay off employees substantially. There is a market voice that the layoffs of Purdue Technology are related to the rapid increase in management costs caused by strategic management mistakes and disorderly expansion of enterprises.

However, Purdue Technology has not officially responded to the news of layoffs.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to denouncing employees, Weibo V "Wang Luobei" also broke the news that Zhang Tao had publicly derogated from his friends in the group because employees were interviewing for jobs. According to the screenshot, the friend Zhang Tao mentioned is called Gao Xian, or Gao Xian Robot, which belongs to the service robot track. The company behind it is called Shanghai Gaoxian Automation Technology Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Gaoxian Technology).

Gaoxian Technology was established in June 20 13, and * * * has received 8 rounds of financing so far. 2021110, Gaoxian Robot announced the completion of the1200 million round C financing, which was jointly led by Today Capital and Softbank Vision Fund. It is worth mentioning that the strategic investment of Meituan has also invested in Gaoxian robots many times.

Purdue CEO was exposed to employees receiving red envelopes, which triggered a heated discussion. On February 16, some netizens exposed a record of the WeChat chat group within Purdue Technology. Zhang Tao, CEO of Purdue Technology, released a product promotion video in the group, and at the same time issued a red envelope, asking employees to like the video after receiving the red envelope. As a result, there are more people who receive red envelopes than people who like videos.

To this end, Zhang Tao even directly abused those employees who didn't like red envelopes and asked those employees who didn't like them to return them.

After this incident was exposed, many netizens commented that the CEO's pattern was slightly smaller. However, some netizens supported Zhang Tao to lose his temper. After all, he did give everyone a red envelope and let the employees praise him.

It is understood that Purdue Technology is an intelligent distribution robot developer. Its core technologies are low-speed automatic driving, robot motor driving and motion control. Its main products are distribution robots and disinfection robots. Purdue's robots are widely used in restaurants, hospitals, schools, office buildings, government halls, Internet cafes, KTV, airports, subway stations and other scenes at home and abroad, and their products sell well in more than 50 countries and cities around the world. The main customers include well-known enterprises such as Haidilao, Xiabu Xiabu, JD.COM, Country Garden, Intercontinental Hotel and Sheraton Hotel.

According to the information of Tianyancha APP, Shenzhen Purdue Technology Co., Ltd. was established in June 2065438+2006, and its legal representative is Zhang Tao. Zhang Tao, CEO of Purdue Technology, graduated from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He founded Lei Feng. And became the first editor &; CEO, and then he founded EZ Robotics and became CEO&; Chief Technology Officer.

From June 2065438 to June 2006, Purdue Technology has obtained eight rounds of financing. On September 202 1 65438+6, Purdue Technology officially announced the completion of the C2 round of financing. According to the last C 1 round of financing, it is only four months, and the total amount of the two rounds of financing is nearly 1 100 million yuan. There are many investors.

However, less than four months later, news of layoffs came from Purdue, which caused an uproar in the industry. A retired employee of Purdue revealed that layoffs have spread to more than 20 cities, and more than 800 people have left their jobs. It is estimated that the total number of layoffs will exceed 1 000, accounting for one-third of the company's total number, which is roughly consistent with the online upload.

In addition, some people broke the news on the Internet. In the past 1 year, Purdue Technology expanded its staff by 10 times, which was too fast, leading to layoffs later.

On October 26th, 2022/KLOC-0, Purdue Technology published an interview article with CEO Zhang Tao. At that time, Zhang Tao mentioned that the company had 2,000 employees, and besides the Shenzhen headquarters, there were more than 12 subsidiaries in Beijing, Chengdu and other cities.

Zhang Tao said, "Even so, the road to entrepreneurship is not smooth sailing. No matter what difficulties you encounter, as long as what you do is roughly correct, then the most important thing is to persist, think more and practice more, and treat it with a normal heart. There is always a way to solve the problem. " It's like giving a distant response to the rumors of layoffs.

The CEO of Purdue was exposed to praise the employees for receiving red envelopes, which triggered a heated discussion. It is reported that Zhang Tao, CEO of Purdue Technology, published an internal letter in response to the hot discussion on the Internet that "employees who receive red envelopes don't like it".

According to the screenshot, Zhang Tao explained that two years ago, the company launched a new product. I sent a red envelope to the company's WeChat group to encourage everyone to like the video of the new product and call for the new product. Later, I found that the red envelope didn't receive much praise, so I expressed my dissatisfaction with the phenomenon that I only received red envelopes. It happened during the second epidemic, and the sales of the company's products were seriously hindered, but the company needed to support hundreds of employees, so I was a little anxious about the promotion of new products.

Zhang Tao also said that in the next three years, 50% of my current salary will be paid to employees in the form of red envelopes as long as my income reaches the company's target.

Previously, Zhang Tao, CEO of Purdue Technology, released a product promotion video in the group, and then attached a red envelope. Because some employees didn't like videos after receiving red envelopes, Zhang Tao scolded employees in the group and asked people who didn't like them to return the red envelopes. In addition, Zhang Tao made derogatory remarks about friends and businessmen of the group.