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Domestika Layoffs

April 2022

Domestika announced a layoff affecting 150 employees (19% of its workforce) in April 2022. The company operates in the Education sector.

People Affected

150

Percentage

19%

Announced Date

Apr 28, 2022

About

Domestika, a Spanish-founded online learning platform valued as a unicorn, is facing allegations of a disguised mass layoff. Affected employees claim approximately 150 workers were dismissed globally in April 2022, including at least 70 in Spain, which would represent roughly 19% of its reported global workforce of about 800. The company's CEO has disputed this scale. The layoffs, conducted remotely via phone, followed a period of extraordinary pandemic growth and a recent $110 million funding round. Thirty-three dismissed employees in Spain have united in a legal challenge, arguing the firings constitute an unlawful collective dismissal. The company operates in the edtech industry.