Company
Date Published
Author
Jeff Lawson, Twilio co-founder and CEO
Word count
1112
Language
English
Hacker News points
452

Summary

Twilio, a cloud communication platform company, is undergoing restructuring due to changing market conditions. The company's CEO, Jeff Lawson, announced that it will form two business units: Twilio Communications and Twilio Data & Applications, with the goal of prioritizing profit and becoming more efficient. As part of this restructuring, approximately 17% of the team will be let go. The company is also reducing perks such as book and wellness allowances, and sunsetting certain benefits like Twilio Recharge. Despite these changes, Twilio aims to maintain its focus on customer engagement and product development, with a renewed emphasis on profit and growth.