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Glossier just laid off one-third of its corporate employees, mostly in tech

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“[W]e are shifting our technology strategy to leverage external partners for parts of our platform that we’re currently maintaining internally,” Weiss wrote in the email announcing the layoffs to staff. The tech team layoffs are notable for a beauty retailer that has often described itself as a technology company.

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The Station: Via hits $2.25B valuation, letters from readers, layoffs in a time of COVID-19

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There were, of course, those who used the opportunity to make a marketing push or pitch a story. ” Layoffs in a time of COVID-19. If so, go check out Layoffs.fyi, the site doesn’t just list layoffs. The response was overwhelming. It wasn’t just the number of you who reached out. The company said T.

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How to Quit Your Job

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Yet they of course need to serve notice. No, of course not! Trust me, if they were doing layoffs they wouldn’t keep you an extra month just to be nice. Or it may just be a junior programmer, sales rep or accountant. The reality is the same. In a startup you want them to join immediately. Tomorrow if possible. Don’t.

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Qualcomm: No Changes After Strategic Review

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San Diego-based Qualcomm says that its board of directors has decided to stay the course, and will make no change to the company's corporate and financial structure, after a strategic review by a special committee of its board. READ MORE>>.

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High Functioning vs. Low Functioning Startup Boards

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Should we cut costs, do layoffs, close divisions and focus scare resources on fewer projects? And of course there are always the ineffective boards that have too many members, too many +1’s that speak up, too many customers on the board making it hard to discuss difficult issues. The founders of a company are fighting.

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

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If the media changes such that angel, seed or VC funding is no longer considered an angle then of course this advice would change. People scoop company layoffs, mergers, key people leaving a company or being fired and the like. So your goal should be a steady stream of news across many different news outlets and your own blog.

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Communications Via Text Send Only Part Of The Message

Startup Professionals Musings

This, of course, comes into play to signal openness or goodwill at the beginning of an interaction, and agreement at the end. I’m supportive of using text messaging for agreeing on a time and place for a customer visit, but when I read that text messages are the new pink slips for layoffs, that’s just wrong! Marty Zwilling.