Groupon laid off or furloughed 2,800 employees as local merchants close
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The Layoffs.fyi entry dated April 17, 2020 records that Groupon, a marketplace for discounts from local businesses listed under Chicago, Seattle and SF Bay Area, announced Tuesday it was cutting 44% of its team, 2,800 employees, across all departments. The entry links a partial list of 160+ employees laid off, 1/4 of which are engineers, and quotes a "material deterioration" in Groupon's business due to the closure of local businesses it works with.
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“Groupon laid off or furloughed 2,800 employees as local merchants close.”
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Groupon laid off or furloughed 2,800 employees as local merchants close 04/17/2020 10/27/2020 Layoff list Chicago , Consumer , Groupon , San Francisco , Seattle 🌎 Chicago, Seattle, SF Bay Area ∙ 👩 2,800 employees (44%) ∙ 🖥 All departments Groupon, a marketplace for discounts from local businesses, announced Tuesday it was cutting 44% of its team (2,800 employees). See below link 👇for a partial list of 160+ employees laid off, 1/4 of which are engineers. Groupon has seen a “material deterioration” in its business due to the closure of local businesses it works with. View list of employees laid off -> See our live Layoffs Tracker for a real-time report of all startups that have done layoffs.
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