DocuSign announced Tuesday it will cut 6% of its workforce as part of a restructuring plan

DocuSign to lay off 6% of workforce, or about 440 jobs::DocuSign announced Tuesday it will cut 6% of its workforce as part of a restructuring plan

  • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.worldEnglish
    671·
    9 months ago

    I mean, I could see them having a few hundred employees total at DocuSign, but holy crap! What do they all do?

    There are infinitely more complex pieces of software out there with less than a tenth of the number of employees.

    • Unforeseen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      50·
      9 months ago

      Sales, marketing and support most likely. It has a massive corporate userbase. I’m guessing the actual tech side of the house is only a small fraction.

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      9 months ago

      They need to employ a small army of handwringing analysts to verify your terrible trackpad and touch screen signatures.

    • kinther@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago

      I used to work at DS and there was definitely overhiring done during the early pandemic when the stock price was going up. At least three people I know were let go in this round and they were in technical teams, which was surprising.