Tag: San Francisco

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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Lever

Lever laid off 86 employees

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🌎 San Francisco, Toronto ∙ 👩 109 employees (40%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

UPDATE: A Lever employee says that 86 people were laid off, not 109 as Business Insider had estimated.

Lever, which makes applicant tracking software for recruiting, laid off 40% of its employees last week. The layoffs affected 109 86 people in their San Francisco and Toronto offices (see below link for an opt-in list👇). Recruiting has been one of the tech sectors hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, as companies have been slowing down hiring (and as we know, also laying people off). Recruiting startups ZipRecruiter, AngelList, and Triplebyte have also conducted layoffs recently.

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Eventbrite

Eventbrite laid off 500 employees

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🌎 San Francisco, Nashville ∙ 👩 500 employees (45%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

Eventbrite, the ticketing and events website, laid off 45% of its employees last week. Around 500 employees were affected across their San Francisco and Nashville offices (see below link for an opt-in list of laid-off employees👇). Eventbrite is highly dependent on live events, which have halted as a result of shelter-in-place. Its share price had fallen over 70% since mid-March.

UPDATE: Added a second opt-in list of employees laid off

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Scoop

Scoop announces layoff

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🌎 San Francisco ∙ 👩 Unknown # employees ∙ 🖥 All departments

Scoop, which facilitates carpooling for commuters, announced a layoff on Wednesday (see below link for list of affected employees👇). With offices closed across the country, Scoop is currently operating at a “fraction” of its normal volume. The company joins other transportation startups like Zipcar, Turo, Getaround, and HopSkipDrive to reduce staff.

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Metromile

Metromile laid off 100 employees

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🌎 San Francisco ∙ 👩‍💼100 employees (33%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

Metromile, which sells car insurance based on actual miles driven, laid off 100 employees yesterday (see below link for list 👇). The layoffs occurred in San Francisco, Boston, and Tempe. Metromile cited “economic uncertainties as a result of COVID-19” as the reason for the layoffs. One would guess that the company’s revenues have plummeted since customers have been driving far fewer miles.

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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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Thumbtack

Thumbtack laid off 250 employees

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🌎 San Francisco, Salt Lake City ∙ 👩‍💼250 employees (30%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

Thumbtack, a marketplace for local services like cleaners and plumbers, laid off 250 employees last week. A company executive provided Layoffs.fyi with an opt-in list of affected employees (see below👇). The list suggests that sales, people, engineering, design, and analytics in San Francisco and Salt Lake City were most impacted. Due to shelter-in-place, Thumbtack’s business has fallen by over 50% in many of its markets.

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KeepTruckin

KeepTruckin lays off 349 employees one month after previous layoff

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🌎 Nashville, Chicago, SF ∙ 👩‍💼 349 employees (18%) ∙ 🖥 Mostly sales and business roles

KeepTruckin, which helps trucking companies manage their fleets, laid off 349 employees today (see link below for the list 👇). This comes just one month after the company’s previous round of layoffs. KeepTruckin expects new customer acquisition to slow and existing customers to churn due to small trucking companies going out of business.

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Peerspace

Peerspace laid off 40+ employees due to impact of social distancing

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🌎 San Francisco ∙ 👩‍💼 40 employees ∙ 🖥 All departments

Peerspace, a marketplace for booking space for events and meetings, laid off a majority of their staff last week (see link below for the list👇). The company has seen bookings slow and cancellations increase dramatically due to social distancing measures.

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Zeus

Zeus Living laid off 80 employees

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🌎 San Francisco∙ 👩‍💼 80 employees (30%) ∙ 🖥 All departments

We previously mentioned that Zeus Living, which rents out furnished apartments on a monthly basis to business travelers, laid off 80 employees. We now have a list of affected employees (see link below👇). The list spans across engineering, product, and business roles.

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