Sonos has laid off several senior executives from its design and product teams as part of a restructuring effort. The cuts affected long-serving employees, including design and UX leaders. CEO Tom Conrad said the move aims to reduce management layers, improve speed and help the company build and launch products faster.
Tech company Sonos has laid off several senior executives from its design and product teamsas part of ongoing restructuring at the company. The job cuts have raised concerns about Sonos's ability to develop new products going forward.
According to a Bloomberg report, those who have left the company include Dana Krieger, vice president of design, who spent 12 years at Sonos, Kate Wojogbe, a senior user experience executive with nearly 10 years at the company, and Scott Fink, who worked at Sonos for 15 years and helped lead its home theatre business.
Design and research teams hit hard
The layoffs have also affected other long serving employees across design and research. Edward Mitchell, who worked as a designer at Sonos for around 12 years, wrote on LinkedIn that the design team has become smaller. Rebecca Phillips, a user experience researcher, said on LinkedIn that nearly the entire UX research team was let go. Kristen Leclerc, who led the user research department, was also among those laid off.
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