Geek Squad brokers have been flooding Reddit with photos of their badges and posts about “going sleeper” after the corporate reportedly carried out mass layoffs this week. A former worker who spoke to 404 Media stated they had been despatched an electronic mail notifying them to work at home on Wednesday and had been then known as individually to be instructed the information about their jobs. Some, per 404 Media’s sources and quite a few Reddit posts, had been longtime Geek Squad brokers who had been with the corporate for greater than 10 and even 20 years. Greatest Purchase has not but responded to Engadget’s request for remark.
There was an outpouring of assist for the laid off employees on the unofficial Geek Squad subreddit, the place many have lamented the lack of jobs they’d devoted a lot of their lives to and famous that issues within the lead up had been heading in a regarding route. Some commented that their hours had dwindled in latest months, with one former worker telling 404 Media it’s been “a wrestle to get by.”
Greatest Purchase carried out mass layoffs affecting staff at its retail shops simply final spring, and as The Verge reviews, CEO Corie Barry indicated throughout the firm’s February earnings name that extra layoffs had been coming in 2024 as Greatest Purchase shifts assets towards AI and different areas.
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