{"id":217673,"date":"2023-03-22T05:27:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T09:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=278167"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:46:09","slug":"twitch-lays-off-400-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/twitch-lays-off-400-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitch Cuts 400 Jobs Amidst Company Restructuring and Tech Industry Instability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Large technology companies continue to lay off employees in order to balance their balance sheets. The latest company in the sector to join the &#8220;trend&#8221; is <strong>Twitch<\/strong>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitch.tv\/en\/2023\/03\/20\/an-update-about-our-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">will lay off a total of 400 workers<\/a>. The streaming platform&#8217;s downsizing follows the massive layoffs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/company-news\/update-from-ceo-andy-jassy-on-amazons-operating-plan-and-additional-role-eliminations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">recently announced by <strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a>, its parent company, which will <strong>lay off 9,000 employees<\/strong> from its Amazon Web Services, human resources, advertising and Twitch divisions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Twitch\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/bbe2335a-9b69-11e6-9176-00163ed833e7\/2266847959\/twitch-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Twitch<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitch.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitch.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This round of layoffs comes just days after former Twitch CEO <strong>Emmett Shear<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eshear\/status\/1636388700727939072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">resigned from his position<\/a>. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitch.tv\/en\/2023\/03\/20\/an-update-about-our-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">post<\/a> by current Twitch CEO <strong>Dan Clancy<\/strong>, the downsizing was supposedly intended to improve Twitch&#8217;s long-term business prospects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Like many companies, our business has been affected by the current macroeconomic environment, and <strong>user and revenue growth has not kept pace with our expectations<\/strong>,&#8221; Clancy says. &#8220;In order to run our business in a sustainable manner, we have made the very difficult decision to reduce the size of our workforce.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Twitch-210323-1024x576-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twitch would thus become part of a large and growing list of layoffs in the technology industry. In addition to Amazon itself, its parent company, big tech companies that have laid off hundreds and thousands of employees in recent months include <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/microsoft-is-reducing-its-workforce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft<\/a>, Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/spotify-downsizing-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tik-tok.en.softonic.com\/articles\/tiktok-bytedance-reducing-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ByteDance<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/ibm-joins-the-wave-of-technological-layoffs-it-will-lay-off-3900-employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IBM<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Twitch\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/bbe2335a-9b69-11e6-9176-00163ed833e7\/2266847959\/twitch-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Twitch<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitch.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/twitch.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest case of massive layoffs in the sector came from <strong>Meta<\/strong>, <strong>Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong>&#8216;s company, which announced a few days ago that it will <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/more-layoffs-technological-industry-goal-puts-on-the-street-10000-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lay off 10,000 employees in the coming months<\/a>. 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