STOCKHOLM: Swedish music streaming giant Spotify said Monday it was cutting six percent of its roughly 10,000 employees in the latest cost-cutting announcement among technology companies.
The company did not specify where the cuts will be made.
“In hindsight, I was too ambitious in investing ahead of our revenue growth. And for this reason, today, we are reducing our employee base by about six percent across the company,” Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek said on Spotify’s official blog.
“I take full accountability for the moves that got us here today,” Ek added.
The 39-year-old CEO added that over the next several hours “one-on-one conversations will take place with all impacted employees.”
Shares in the Sweden-based company, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, rose over 4.5 percent following the announcement in out-of-hours trading.
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