2023年1月18日

裁員將發生在6個月期間。8×8裁員將影響7%的公司在未來數月全球勞動力。市場觀察報道,這是重組的一部分重新雲通信提供商的目標市場和降低成本。大約有2200名員工在組織工作,削減會影響大約155名員工。有猜測這些裁員可以努力的一部分8×8收購做好準備。此外,削減影響渠道經理和董事,以及直接SMB銷售員,一位接近該公司的報告。副總統也減少的影響,該消息人士稱。另一位業內人士告訴期貨頻道8×8解雇將近整個頻道的員工。我們不能立即核實這些信息與8×8官員沒有回應我們的問題。然而,該公司指示通道期貨申請最近公布。 Keep up with our telecom-IT layoff tracker to see which companies are cutting jobs and the ensuing channel impact. 8×8’s Samuel Wilson The filing includes a copy of an email Samuel C. Wilson, 8×8’s interim CEO, sent to employees regarding the layoffs. “Our success depends heavily on the ability to make difficult choices about where to deploy resources in order to create the greatest value,” Wilson wrote. “I wish it were never so, but sometimes that includes letting go of people, despite their excellent work, as priorities shift. Regrettably, that is the situation we currently face at 8×8 in order to align with emerging marketplace opportunities.” Wilson outlined a six-pronged approach to growth for the company, including increasing XCaaS (experience communications as a service) win rates, maintaining an “outstanding” UCaaS customer experience and establishing CPaaS (communications platform as a service) leadership in APAC. Wilson became interim CEO in November, replacing Dave Sipes, who was at the helm for nearly two years. Sipes’ departure wasn’t the only telling sign of a fractured company. 8×8’s stock has plunged more than 70% over the year. Fuze Success? A year ago, 8×8 appeared purpose-driven when it purchased Fuze , the company’s largest acquisition to date. “We made this business decision for one major reason, to jump-start our innovation engine,” Wilson wrote on LinkedIn just three weeks ago. “This incredibly talented workforce is busy creating new products and features. Our most recent release shows some of what we brought to market in 2022, but 2023 promises to be even bigger. We are just warming up.” However, 8×8 employees at Fuze were also let go during the first year post-acquisition. There were at least three rounds of layoffs among Fuze employees alone, according to Hope Pickett. The IT program manager took to LinkedIn to describe her husband’s experience working at Fuze. Clete Pickett, who served as a senior network escalation engineer, was laid off by 8×8 in October. Hope described the reason for her husband’s layoff as the company did not have room for his skills and that it didn’t have or need team leads. “We are on the lookout for his next role,” she wrote. “Something that will benefit him and the employer. As you can see, he has no want to be someone who hops from job to job, and he wants to make an impact.” Look for the 8×8 layoffs process to wrap by June 30, the end of 8×8’s fiscal first quarter.