Tag: New York City

Yelp

Another Yelp layoff list emerges with 23 laid-off engineers

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🌎 San Francisco, NYC, Chicago ∙ 👩 1,000 employees (17%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

We previously mentioned that Yelp, the local business reviews website, laid off 1,000 employees (17%) and furloughed another 1,100. We’ve now come across a second opt-in list of employees laid off, containing 23 engineers in San Francisco (and a handful of other roles). See below link 👇for the new list as well as the first one we posted previously.

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Grailed

Men’s clothing marketplace Grailed conducted a layoff

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🌎 New York City ∙ 👩 At least 12 employees ∙ 🖥 All departments

Grailed, an online marketplace for men’s clothing, conducted a layoff last week, according to a high-ranking HR employee. If you’re recruiting, see link below👇for a spreadsheet of employees laid off.

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Wonder

Research service Wonder conducted a layoff

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🌎 New York City ∙ 👩 At least 38 employees ∙ 🖥 All departments

Wonder, which offers a network of researchers, conducted a layoff earlier this month, according to sources close to the company. If you’re recruiting, see link below👇for a spreadsheet of employees laid off.

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Greenhouse

Greenhouse lays off 120 employees

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🌎 New York City ∙ 👩 120 employees (28%)∙ 🖥 All departments

Greenhouse, which makes applicant tracking software for recruiting, laid off 120 employees (28%) on Friday. It’s the latest recruiting startup to conduct layoffs, following competitor Lever’s layoff of 86 employees (40%) a week before. Greenhouse is offering affected employees 8 weeks of severance and 8 months of healthcare.

UPDATE: The link to Greenhouse’s layoff spreadsheet has been removed upon their request.

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Jetty

Jetty laid off 40% of staff after pausing sales of new insurance policies

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🌎 New York City ∙ 👩 35 employees (40%) ∙ 🖥 Primarily business roles

Jetty, which sells insurance to renters, laid off 40% of its team (35 employees) earlier this month. See below link👇for a partial list of employees laid off, which skews towards business roles in NYC. Jetty had recently paused sales of new insurance policies due to coronavirus-related underwriting challenges. The company says the layoff was unrelated to the pause.

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Yelp

Yelp laid off 1,000 employees and furloughed another 1,100

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🌎 San Francisco, NYC, Chicago ∙ 👩 1,000 employees (17%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

Last week Yelp, the local business reviews website, became one of the highest-profile tech companies to announce a layoff. The company laid off 1,000 employees (17%) and furloughed another 1,100. Yelp has seen customer interest in restaurants, its most popular category, decline 64% since March 10. See below link 👇for an opt-in spreadsheet of employees laid off.

UPDATE: Added a second opt-in spreadsheet of employees laid off, containing primarily engineers.

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Compass

Compass laid off 375 employees, showings have dropped by 60%

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🌎 NYC, SF, LA, Seattle ∙ 👩 375 employees (15%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

We previously mentioned that Compass, the real estate brokerage, laid off 375 staffers in late March. We now have access to a partial list of employees laid off (see below link👇). Compass has seen showings drop by 60% as people stay home during the pandemic. Many other real estate startups, including Redfin and Blueground, have also laid off workers in the past month.

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Managed By Q

Remainder of Managed By Q team furloughed or laid off by Eden

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🌎 New York City ∙ 👩‍💼 100% of employees ∙ 🖥 All departments

UPDATE: More details have been reported by Commercial Observer.

The remainder of Managed By Q’s staff has been either laid off or furloughed by Eden, who purchased the company from WeWork in March. Like Eden, Managed By Q facilitates office management services like cleaning, but it appears Eden was more interested in picking up Managed By Q’s customers and assets rather than the team. See link below 👇for a list of 75+ people that have been affected, including those who were part of a separate round of layoffs one month ago.

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Blueground

Blueground laid off 130 employees

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🌎 New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles ∙ 👩‍💼130 employees (25%) ∙ 🖥 Mostly business roles

Blueground, an apartment rental company, laid off 130 people (25%) last week. It joins many other real estate startups to conduct layoffs during the coronavirus pandemic. Recruiters — see below link for a partial list of laid-off employees 👇. The list spans people in business roles across New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

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Convene

Convene laid off 150 employees

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🌎 New York City ∙ 👩‍💼150 employees (18%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

Convene, which provides flexible office space, laid off 150 people last month. It had already closed all of its locations. If you’re recruiting in New York City, see below link 👇 for a partial list of ex-Convene product managers and engineers on the market. Coworking startups WeWork, Knotel, Industrious, and The Wing have also conducted layoffs in the past month in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

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