Discord, the text, voice, and video communication platform widely used by online gaming communities, has laid off 17% of its workforce, approximately 170 people.
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According to The Verge, CEO Jason Citron justified the layoffs in an internal memo, pointing to overhiring that led to disproportionate team expansion since 2020. Despite experiencing a significant increase in users during the pandemic, Discord has not yet achieved profitability.
This mass layoff is not the first for Discord; in August of the previous year, the platform also let go of around 40 employees in a restructuring that mainly affected areas such as marketing, design, and entertainment partnerships.