Layoff Report

Austin office impact: 92 confirmed gone

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·2d ago·2 comments

Just saw the WARN notice hit for the Austin location. 92 people cut as of Jan 9th. It’s brutal because this feels like the direct ripple effect of the Runtime Fee disaster last year. Leadership made those tone-deaf licensing decisions, burned all the goodwill with the dev community, and now the rank and file are the ones paying the price to 'streamline operations.' I feel for everyone in Texas today. Is anyone else hearing rumors about whether this is the final wave for Q1, or is the board planning to trim more before the next earnings call? The silence from management is deafening as usual.

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·2d ago

It honestly feels like they have been running in circles since that pricing fiasco. Watching the Austin office get gutted is just the latest reminder that the people upstairs have no clue how to steer the ship. You have to wonder if they are just slashing headcount to inflate the stock price for the next earnings call while the actual product rots. Stay strong to everyone affected, this whole transition feels like a sinking ship that just keeps shedding weight to stay afloat.

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·2d ago

This is absolutely devastating for the folks in Austin. It’s hard not to connect the dots between the catastrophic strategy shifts over the last year and these layoffs. We all saw the internal morale take a nosedive when they ignored the community feedback, and now the employees are paying the ultimate price for those executive blunders. I sincerely doubt this is the end of the cuts, as they seem obsessed with aggressive restructuring to satisfy shareholders regardless of the human cost.