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Bird Dumps 400 Employees Via Zoom

Santa Monica-based Bird reportedly let 400 of its employees go on Friday, via a pre-recorded Zoom meeting, according to a report. The on-demand scooter company said it laid off 30% of its staff, saying "Layoffs are never easy or comfortable to do" and saying that the layoffs were done as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a tweet, Bird said due to "CDC, WHO and a number of government mandates, Bird employees are currently all working from home and the impacted individuals received the news on a web-based call" and said "we purposefully and intentionally did not have any video on to protect privacy as we delivered the news live to individuals."