Tag: San Francisco

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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Matterport

Matterport laid off 90 employees

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🌎 SF Bay Area, Chicago, London ∙ 👩 90 employees (34%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

Matterport, a 3D imaging platform, laid off roughly 90 employees (34%) earlier this month, according to multiple employees. An HR representative provided Layoffs.fyi with a spreadsheet of people laid off (if you’re recruiting, see link below👇).

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Zum

Kid-friendly ride service Zum conducts layoff

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🌎 SF Bay Area∙ 👩 At least 28 employees ∙ 🖥 All departments

Zum, a children’s transportation service, conducted a layoff earlier this week, according to sources close to the company. If you’re recruiting, see link below👇for a spreadsheet of employees laid off. School closures have negatively affected services like Zum and rival HopSkipDrive, who also did a layoff.

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Carta

Carta laid off 161 employees, citing customer slowdown

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🌎 San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Rio de Janeiro ∙ 👩 161 employees (16%)∙ 🖥 All departments

Carta, which makes software that helps companies manage the equity they’ve issued to investors and employees, laid off 161 people (16%) last week. Carta is providing affected employees 3 months of pay and healthcare insurance until the end of the year — one of the more generous packages I’ve seen.

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

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Trove

Trove Recommerce laid off 13 employees

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🌎 San Francisco Bay Area ∙ 👩 13 employees ∙ 🖥 All departments

Trove Recommerce, which helps retail brands manage their resale programs, laid off 13 employees last week, according to a company executive. The company provided us an opt-in spreadsheet of employees laid off. See below link👇if you’re recruiting in the Bay Area.

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Turo

Turo laid off 108 employees

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🌎 San Francisco, Phoenix ∙ 👩 108 employees (30%)∙ 🖥 All departments

Turo, a car-sharing company, laid off 108 employees (30%) last month. We now have access to an opt-in spreadsheet of employees laid off (see below link👇). Consumers are no longer renting cars due to shelter-in-place orders, leading to layoffs not only at Turo but also at competitors Getaround and Zipcar.

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Groupon

Groupon laid off or furloughed 2,800 employees as local merchants close

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🌎 Chicago, Seattle, SF Bay Area ∙ 👩 2,800 employees (44%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

Groupon, a marketplace for discounts from local businesses, announced Tuesday it was cutting 44% of its team (2,800 employees). See below link 👇for a partial list of 160+ employees laid off, 1/4 of which are engineers. Groupon has seen a “material deterioration” in its business due to the closure of local businesses it works with.

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Opendoor

Opendoor lays off 600 people amid declining real estate activity

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🌎 San Francisco, Phoenix, Atlanta ∙ 👩 600 employees (35%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

Opendoor, which facilitates the buying and selling of residential homes, laid off 35% of its staff yesterday. That amounts to 600 employees, making Opendoor’s layoff the 2nd largest among pre-IPO startups since the coronavirus pandemic (Toast cut 1,300 last week). See below link 👇for an opt-in spreadsheet of employees laid off, spanning multiple functions. Opendoor says laid-off employees will receive 8 weeks of pay and 16 weeks of reimbursement for health insurance.

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VSCO

VSCO lays off 45 employees (30%)

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🌎 SF Bay Area ∙ 👩 45 employees (30%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

VSCO, a photography mobile app, laid off 45 employees (30%) yesterday. The CEO says the cuts were needed to “shift towards running a self-sustaining business.” VSCO is providing a minimum of 7 weeks of severance pay and 2 months of health coverage, as well as assisting with job placement resources. To that end, see below link 👇for a list of laid-off employees, mostly in the SF Bay Area.

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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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