Sonos Lays Off 100 Employees as Its App Crisis Continues

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Sonos Lays Off 100 Employees as Its App Crisis Continues

Posted by msmash from the tough-luck dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Sonos laid off approximately 100 employees this morning, a source familiar with the situation tells The Verge. Those affected — I’m told the marketing division took a significant hit — abruptly lost access to the company’s internal network. Sonos is also in the process of winding down some of its customer support offices, including one in Amsterdam that will close later this year.

Sonos confirmed the layoffs to The Verge on Wednesday afternoon, providing a statement from CEO Patrick Spence. […] These latest cuts come as Sonos continues to grapple with the fallout from its disastrous mobile app redesign. On Sonos’ earnings call last week, CEO Patrick Spence stressed that fixing the app is the company’s number one priority — so much so that two hardware launches planned for later this year have now been delayed to keep all focus on the app.

Further reading: Sonos’ $30M App Fail is Cautionary Tale Against Rushing Unnecessary Updates.

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