The real estate transaction startup Loft announced on Tuesday (5) the layoff of 384 workers in a “reorganization of its operation”. The number corresponds to 12% of the staff working for the Loft Group. The company did not say which areas and positions were affected.
The layoffs add to the 159 that took place in April. At that time, the startup claimed that the cut eliminated overlapping positions, although a former employee told the Sheet that hiring was being made in the sector before the layoffs.
In a note this Tuesday, Loft says that those laid off will have an extension of the health plan for the holder and dependents for two months, support for the professional replacement process and facilitation of participation in the stock option plan (option to purchase shares of the company ) for those eligible.
“The headcount reduction is in addition to other measures to increase efficiency taken in recent months after four years of aggressive and consistent growth, both through organically developed products and through acquisitions”, says Loft, which regrets the loss of professionals .
In addition to Loft, QuintoAndar and Facily reduced their teams in this first semester, which represents a new scenario for the sector that had been breaking investment records in recent years, favored by the digitization of society expanded in the pandemic.
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