Discord Fires 17% of Its Employees – Webtekno

Starting in the technology sector at the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 wave of layoffsWell, it started happening again recently. Many technology giants, from Unity to Twitch, from Amazon to Google, decided to lay off their employees.

Now such news has come from another company. Messaging and voice chat platform that is especially popular among gamers Discordannounced that it would reduce its workforce.

17% of total staff will be fired

According to the statement made by the company, the dismissal move resulted in total employees 17% will affect. this too around 170 It corresponds to the employee. CEO Jason Citron announced the layoffs in a message to staff.

Citron said in his statement:“to sharpen our focus and bring agility to our organizations.” He stated that they made such a move. It is known that Discord is not in a bad financial situation, although it is still not a fully profitable company. That’s why it’s surprising that he made such a move.

However, according to the CEO, the layoff is less about the financial situation and more about the amount of people hired recently. In the message sent, Discord’s development in the last few years increased the number of employees It was stated that the company focused on more projects and therefore productivity decreased. “Hiring too many people” is a frequently used excuse by managers in the industry when implementing layoffs lately.

This isn’t the first layoff Discord has made recently. The company parted ways with 4% of its employees in August.

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