杰克·多尔西告诉音乐流媒体应用Tidal的员工,他们将再次面临大规模裁员。
Block公司(音乐流媒体平台Tidal的所有者)首席执行官周三上午在给员工的一封声明中表示,Tidal需要“再次以初创公司的方式”运营。《财富》杂志也看到了这份声明。多尔西说,这意味着公司各部门要以“更精简的团队”运营。
多尔西在声明中解释道:“因此,我们将解雇部分团队成员,以工程和设计为主导,彻底取消产品管理和营销职能。我们将缩减设计团队和支持TIDAL的基础职位,并在未来几周内,根据新领导层的明确指导方向,考虑缩减工程部门规模。”
多西没有透露裁员人数,但公司内部人士猜测,裁员人数可能多达100人,约占Tidal员工总数的四分之一。
这是Tidal在不到一年的时间里第二次进行裁员。2023年12月,这家流媒体公司裁减了10%的员工。而在今年7月,多尔西告诉Block公司的员工,要为公司的全面重组做好准备,从而让公司回到“我们作为一家公司最初的样子”(据《财富》杂志当时报道)。
2021年,Block以约3亿美元的价格收购了Tidal的多数股权。这家由Jay-Z(原名肖恩·科里·卡特(Shawn Corey Carter))创立的流媒体音乐服务公司,在来自Spotify和苹果音乐等竞争对手的激烈竞争中,发展受阻。据路透社报道,2023年,一位法官驳回了股东针对该收购提起的诉讼,但指出“从各方面来看,这似乎是一个糟糕的商业决策”。
Tidal的一位发言人在给《财富》杂志的一份声明中表示:“我们对TIDAL团队进行了一些内部调整,以更高效地为艺术家服务。这包括对业务和设计团队进行人员优化。我们将缩小团队规模,集中精力在更核心的事务上,并以坚定不移的态度推进产品开发。”(财富中文网)
译者:中慧言-王芳
杰克·多尔西告诉音乐流媒体应用Tidal的员工,他们将再次面临大规模裁员。
Block公司(音乐流媒体平台Tidal的所有者)首席执行官周三上午在给员工的一封声明中表示,Tidal需要“再次以初创公司的方式”运营。《财富》杂志也看到了这份声明。多尔西说,这意味着公司各部门要以“更精简的团队”运营。
多尔西在声明中解释道:“因此,我们将解雇部分团队成员,以工程和设计为主导,彻底取消产品管理和营销职能。我们将缩减设计团队和支持TIDAL的基础职位,并在未来几周内,根据新领导层的明确指导方向,考虑缩减工程部门规模。”
多西没有透露裁员人数,但公司内部人士猜测,裁员人数可能多达100人,约占Tidal员工总数的四分之一。
这是Tidal在不到一年的时间里第二次进行裁员。2023年12月,这家流媒体公司裁减了10%的员工。而在今年7月,多尔西告诉Block公司的员工,要为公司的全面重组做好准备,从而让公司回到“我们作为一家公司最初的样子”(据《财富》杂志当时报道)。
2021年,Block以约3亿美元的价格收购了Tidal的多数股权。这家由Jay-Z(原名肖恩·科里·卡特(Shawn Corey Carter))创立的流媒体音乐服务公司,在来自Spotify和苹果音乐等竞争对手的激烈竞争中,发展受阻。据路透社报道,2023年,一位法官驳回了股东针对该收购提起的诉讼,但指出“从各方面来看,这似乎是一个糟糕的商业决策”。
Tidal的一位发言人在给《财富》杂志的一份声明中表示:“我们对TIDAL团队进行了一些内部调整,以更高效地为艺术家服务。这包括对业务和设计团队进行人员优化。我们将缩小团队规模,集中精力在更核心的事务上,并以坚定不移的态度推进产品开发。”(财富中文网)
译者:中慧言-王芳
Jack Dorsey told staff at music streaming app Tidal that they’re in for another mass layoff.
The CEO of Block, which owns the music streaming platform, said in a note to staff Wednesday morning and viewed by Fortune that Tidal needs to operate “like a startup again.” This requires organizations across the company to operate with a “much smaller team,” Dorsey said.
“So we’re going to part ways with a number of folks on our team,” Dorsey explained in the note. “We’re going to lead with engineering and design, and remove the product management and product marketing functions entirely. We’re reducing the size of our design team and foundational roles supporting TIDAL, and we will consider reducing engineering over the next few weeks as we have more clarity around leadership going forward.”
Dorsey did not provide a number of the amount of people to be affected by the job cuts, but speculation among company insiders is that as many as 100 employees could be laid off, which would amount to roughly a quarter of Tidal’s staff.
This is the second layoff at tidal in less than a year. The streamer cut 10% of its staff in December 2023. And in July, Dorsey told Block staff to prepare for a reorganization of the entire company, in order to take Block back “to how we started as a company,” as Fortune reported at the time.
Block acquired a majority stake in Tidal for roughly $300 million in 2021. The streaming music service was founded by Jay-Z but struggled to gain traction, amid competition from Spotify and Apple music. In 2023 a judge dismissed a shareholder lawsuit against Block over the acquisition according to Reuters, but noted that “it seemed, by all accounts, a terrible business decision.”
A Tidal spokesperson said in a statement to Fortune: “We have made some internal changes to our TIDAL team to focus on serving artists in the most meaningful way. This involved the elimination of some roles across our business and design teams. We are going to be smaller, focus on fewer things, and move with a relentless approach to product development.”