Evernote is a popular note-taking platform that’s been around for quite some time. The company has been doing pretty well over the past couple of years, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not safe from lay-offs. According to a new report, Evernote laid off most of its US-based employees.
Evernote is one of the oldest note-taking platforms still around. It launched back in 2008, and it offered some amazing features for the time. Now, there’s a lot more competition out there like Google Keep Notes and Bundled Notes. However, Evernote has been able to drag itself out of its mid-2010s slump.
Evernote laid off most of its US employees
Evernote was created in America, but it was sold to the Italian company Bending Spoons in November of last year. Bending Spoons is a mobile developer, and Evernote stated that it will use Bending Spoons’ app expertise to bring in new features.
In February, Evernote laid off 129 employees, and Bendy Spoons stated that the company’s way of business was “unsustainable in the long term.” Now, a few months later, more people at Evernote are finding themselves without a job.
Evernote states that its now-former employees were told on July 5th that they were laid off. While that’s a bummer, the company provided them a severance package. Those laid-off employees will get 16 weeks of severance pay along with a performance bonus and a year’s worth of health insurance. This will help them stay afloat while they pursue other jobs.
This mass layoff only affected the company’s US and Chile-based employees, it seems. The reason behind this might not be completely driven by the current economic situation. It appears that Bending Spoons is most likely doing this to strengthen its European workforce. If that’s the case, then it might hire more people in European countries.
At this point, we don’t know how many people were laid off, and we don’t know how many people are still in the States. Only time will tell if this is going to help the brand.