Nonfungible token assortment and expertise agency Dapper Labs has introduced its third spherical of workers layoffs in lower than a 12 months.
On July 13, Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou introduced that the agency has stated goodbye to “51 sensible colleagues and associates.”
In a notice to workers, he stated that the most recent spherical of cuts consists of full-time workers and C1 contractors.
“The choice was extremely tough due to the superb folks affected,” he stated earlier than including that it was needed and the correct factor to do to “guarantee a lean and environment friendly” firm.
Gharegozlou nevertheless reiterated that the Dapper Labs and Circulation remained “properly capitalized” earlier than including:
“With this restructure we now have made the enterprise extra lean, which goes to allow us to do the correct factor for our followers and develop our communities in essentially the most wholesome methods potential.”
We stated goodbye to 51 sensible colleagues and associates immediately @dapperlabs – that is the notice I despatched our staff.
We stay absolutely devoted to our core communities and dedicated to constructing superb merchandise that push the world ahead collectively.
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— roham (@roham) July 13, 2023
The minimize represents round 12% of the corporate’s workers in keeping with complete worker figures from Growjo.com.
It’s the third workers minimize by the corporate in lower than a 12 months following a 22% downsize in workers in November 2022 and a 20% minimize in workers in February 2023.
Cointelegraph reached out to Dapper Labs for additional feedback however had not heard again on the time of publication.
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