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Squarespace lays off 19 percent of staff

Original: The website-building platform Squarespace is laying off 19 percent of its employees as it works to "simplify" its operat

Website-building company Squarespace is cutting about 300 jobs, or 19 percent of its roughly 1,800 employees, as it works to simplify its operations. Spokesperson Jeff Seedman confirmed the layoffs in a statement to The Verge. The cuts add to a wave of tech industry job reductions, raising questions about how restructuring is affecting workers across the sector.

Why now: The layoffs are a significant workforce reduction at a well-known tech company, fitting into the ongoing wave of tech industry job cuts.

SquarespaceJeff SeedmanThe Verge

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• The website-building platform Squarespace is laying off 19 percent of its employees as it works to "simplify" its operations, Squarespace spokesperson Jeff Seedman says in a statement to The Verge. The job cuts will affect around 300 of Squarespace's 1,800 employees. "The… · verge@www.urbanmind.net · 5

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