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Netflix logo, in a file photo. EFE/EPA/CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA
The giant of ‘streaming’ Netflix announced This Tuesday the dismissal of 150 workers, especially at its headquarters in the United States, after the loss of 200,000 subscribers that the platform reported. during the first quarter of 2022.
“The slowdown in the growth of our income implies reducing our costs as a company,” he justified. The company in a statement sent to the press on Tuesday.
The text continues alleging that the changes are due to “business needs more than individual performance” of the laid-off professionals who are working to “support them in such a difficult transition”.
The dismissal of these 150 employees, which in the US represents a cut 2% of your staff In total, it continues to spread the bad omens about the platform, since just a month ago its price on Wall Street fell by 36% as a result of the high number of unsubscribes among its users.
In fact, even then the company decided to terminate the contract to an unspecified number of workers from Tudum, a website that is part of its conglomerate and on which its audiovisual content is promoted.
In addition, as reported today by the specialized media Variety, the platform provides eliminate another 70 temporary jobs at some of its associated animation studios, as well as in the hiring of freelance workers in charge of the group’s social networks.
Given the saturation of the streaming platform market, experts estimate that Netflix could lose another 2 million subscribers during the current quarter, generating a great convulsion among its shareholders and workers.
The latest data offered by the company about the number of members of its workforce amounted to 11,000 employees . Likewise, the company based in Los Gatos (California, United States) has approximately 220 million users spread around the world.