Spotify Layoffs: 17% Workforce Cut, Third Round in 2023
By Rediff Money Desk, LONDON Dec 04, 2023 16:26
Spotify announces its third round of layoffs in 2023, cutting 17% of its global workforce. CEO Daniel Ek cites cost reduction and profitability focus.
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London, Dec 4 (AP) Spotify says it's axing 17 per cent of its global workforce, the music streaming service's third round of layoffs this year as it moves to slash costs while focusing on becoming profitable.
In a message to employees posted on the company's blog on Monday, CEO Daniel Ek said the jobs were being cut as part of a strategic reorientation. The post didn't specify how many employees would lose their jobs, but a spokesperson confirmed that it amounts to about 1,500 people.
Spotify had used cheap financing to expand the business and invested significantly in employees, content and marketing in 2020 and 2021, the blog post said. But Ek indicated that the company was caught out as central banks started hiking interest rates last year.
We now find ourselves in a very different environment. And despite our efforts to reduce costs this past year, our cost structure for where we need to be is still too big, he said.
Ek said the leaner structure of the company will ensure Spotify's continued profitability.
Stockholm-based Spotify posted a net loss of 462 million euros (about USD 500 million) for the nine months to September.
The company announced in January that it was axing 6 per cent of total staff. In June, it cut staff by another 2 per cent, or about 200 workers, mainly in its podcast division.
Tech companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta and IBM have announced hundreds of thousands of job cuts this year. (AP)
In a message to employees posted on the company's blog on Monday, CEO Daniel Ek said the jobs were being cut as part of a strategic reorientation. The post didn't specify how many employees would lose their jobs, but a spokesperson confirmed that it amounts to about 1,500 people.
Spotify had used cheap financing to expand the business and invested significantly in employees, content and marketing in 2020 and 2021, the blog post said. But Ek indicated that the company was caught out as central banks started hiking interest rates last year.
We now find ourselves in a very different environment. And despite our efforts to reduce costs this past year, our cost structure for where we need to be is still too big, he said.
Ek said the leaner structure of the company will ensure Spotify's continued profitability.
Stockholm-based Spotify posted a net loss of 462 million euros (about USD 500 million) for the nine months to September.
The company announced in January that it was axing 6 per cent of total staff. In June, it cut staff by another 2 per cent, or about 200 workers, mainly in its podcast division.
Tech companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta and IBM have announced hundreds of thousands of job cuts this year. (AP)
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