Twitch

Twitch, an Amazon-owned livestreaming platform, is laying off 500 employees, which represents 35% of its staff, as part of efforts to build a more sustainable business and align its organization size with current business scale and conservative growth predictions.

Twitch laid off 500 employees representing approximately 35% of its workforce on 2024-01-09.

Twitch, the live-streaming platform owned by Amazon, has conducted a second round of layoffs this year, affecting an unspecified number of employees within its customer experience organization. This follows a larger reduction in March that saw over 400 staff let go as part of Amazon's broader plan to cut 9,000 jobs. The latest cuts are significantly smaller and are attributed to a strategic shift toward outsourcing customer experience roles. The move reflects ongoing efforts to streamline costs amid economic uncertainty, as highlighted by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Twitch operates in the digital media and streaming industry and is a major player in the gaming and content creation space.