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Snap is back on the treadmill
Snap is trimming about 1,000 jobs, which works out to roughly 16% of its global workforce. The company also said 300 open roles won’t be filled, because apparently even job postings are getting a belt-tightening memo.
The price tag isn’t tiny
In a regulatory filing, Snap said the layoffs will cost about $95 million to $130 million in severance and related charges. That’s the kind of number that makes “cost savings” feel less like a buzzword and more like the company is trying to stop the bleeding with a very expensive Band-Aid.
Why investors should care
This isn’t Snap’s first round of trimming. The company already cut 10% of its staff in 2024, so this latest move says management is still trying to resize the business for a world where ad growth is fickle and every dollar gets questioned twice.
The bigger takeaway: Snap is trying to prove it can stay nimble without giving up the stuff it hopes will matter later, like AR and whatever comes next. Big picture: fewer people now, maybe a cleaner story later — if the math actually works.