Sonos Lays Off 100 Employees in Desperate Attempt to Fix Embattled Mobile App
In a bold move that will only add fuel to the fire, Sonos has axe approximately 100 employees – roughly 10% of its workforce – just hours after its CEO Patrick Spence boasted about prioritizing the company’s mobile app overhaul. The victims, mostly from the marketing division, were abruptly cut off from the company’s internal network and left to fend for themselves. Talk about a brutal awakening.
This bloodbath comes as Sonos continues to struggle with the aftermath of its ill-fated mobile app redesign. And what’s the top priority you ask? Fixing the app, of course! So much so that not one, but TWO hardware launches planned for later this year have been postponed to focus all efforts on this white elephant.
Spence, who’s been at the helm since 2017, has been under fire from customers for his handling of the situation. But hey, who needs employees when you can have an app that barely functions? In his latest earnings call, Spence crowed about his dedication to fixing the app, saying he won’t rest until customers are raving about Sonos again. Yeah, because that’s exactly what’s going to happen after axing a significant chunk of the company’s workforce.
The CEO also announced that board member Thomas Conrad will be overseeing the app’s fixes, because what could possibly go wrong with that? And if that’s not enough, chief innovation officer Nick Millington, the mastermind behind the app’s disastrous redesign, has been put in charge of… you guessed it… fixing the app.
Let’s be real, Spence is stuck in a sinking ship, and his only solution is to cut costs and hope for the best. The guy’s got the instincts of a wounded animal, and it’s only a matter of time before he takes the entire company down with him. Sonos, you’re on borrowed time!
