According to a Wednesday morning report by independent writer Colin Wu, Binance intends to lay off 20% of its 8,000 employees in June. According to Wu, layoffs have already occurred in numerous divisions at the crypto exchange.
Soon after, Binance’s chief communications officer Patrick Hillmann responded to the claims in a series of tweets, stating that the company was not shrinking its employees, but rather performing a talent density assessment – a standard process that occurs every six months.
“Binance is not cutting 20% of employees as a cost-cutting measure. @binance experienced true exponential growth these past 5 years — and grew its staff accordingly. This was a historic operational challenge to overcome,” Hillmann tweeted.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao also addressed the rumored layoffs, noting that they were part of the company’s “bottom out” drive to simplify its employees. According to Zhao, the exchange frequently lets go of people who are not a good fit for the company’s culture or environment, even if they are high-performing personnel.
“This ‘program’ is constant. I push for it on a weekly basis. There are no % of people we have to ‘push out’. I also push for cost cutting, servers, flights, meals, etc, every week too,” Zhao said. “We always strive to increase talent density. We do performance management. And we are still hiring.”
Zhao tweeted before in November, shooting a warning for investors regarding platforms which have layoffs.
Binance’s website advertised 325 job opportunities at the time of writing. Zhao stated in January that the exchange intends to boost its personnel by 15% to 30% in 2023.
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