Twitch employees warn jobs are “at risk” of more layoffs ahead of TwitchCon 2023

Several Twitch employees claim they were warned that their positions were “at risk” just weeks before TwitchCon kicked off in Las Vegas.

As layoffs continue to plague the tech industry, employees at Twitch announced that they are facing another round of potential layoffs following a previous mass layoff at Amazon earlier this year .

The issue was first revealed on the morning of October 3, 2023, when employees at Twitch announced that they had been informed that their positions were potentially “at risk.”

Workers at Twitch posted similar statements on Twitter/X, with many saying they had not been officially laid off, but worried that their jobs could be made “redundant” if everyone going down.

However, other posts suggested that layoffs had happened or would happen, with one employee saying: “I survived another round of layoffs at Twitch, but my soul is completely crushed crushed into sand. I cannot express it in words to my colleagues.”

Twitch employees worried because work is considered “at risk”

So far, Twitch hasn’t confirmed or denied anything, leaving the community wondering what’s next for the streaming platform.

The possible layoffs come just weeks before TwitchCon is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, where a host of major streamers will likely attend one of the biggest events of the year in online broadcasting sector.

Twitter: TwitchTwitch employees were warned that their positions were “at risk” just weeks before TwitchCon in Las Vegas.

This news also follows another major round of Twitch layoffs that took place earlier this year, when Amazon laid off around 10,000 employees – which also affected Twitch, which is owned by Amazon.

That’s not all; This news also follows a major update for streaming fans, as broadcaster KingGothalion announced it had received an email from Twitch CEO Dan Clancy in hopes of creating a fix. quick and dirty” for streamers who abuse embedded broadcasts to gain more views.

For now, we just have to wait and see what happens as more and more employees make similar claims about possible statistics about their positions at the streaming giant.

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