Reddit Inc. is cutting its workforce by about 5% and reducing its hiring plans, as the startup refocuses on future growth.
The online forum operator is eliminating around 90 full-time roles, according to a memo sent to staff by Chief Executive Officer Steve Huffman, seen by Bloomberg News. The company has around 2,000 full-time employees. Reddit will also reduce its hiring plans to 100 new roles, down from 300 previously.
“The team and I reviewed and adjusted our plan through the end of 2024,” Huffman wrote in the memo. “We’ve had a solid first half of the year and this restructuring will position us to carry that momentum into the second half and beyond.”
The tech industry has been slashing staff since last year after over-hiring during the pandemic. Technology companies have announced about 136,800 job cuts in the year through May, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, more than any full year since 2001. Reddit was one of the few holdouts that hadn’t yet announced any major staff reductions.
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