Bumble President London criticizes ‘out’ employees

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In the Bumble CEO, Whitney Wolfe Herd announced that the company will be eliminated more than 160 roles in London, “Dating programs have felt like something like something.”

In March, the founder of the online dating group returning as the CEO, explained this week, the British office will end with 240 planned work cuts, which represent 30 percent of the global workforce will end, he said.

According to people who are familiar with a wide call, Wolfe Herd said he was “worried” Bumble – Badoo, the owner of the acquaintance application, can be collapsed in the next year, if the owner of Badoo. A person with knowledge of action, he said that the global scale has voluntarily downloaded.

Wolfe Herd said the “Gravity Center” would pass the US to the United States where the “talent pool is currently”. He said, “London is not the first choice, this is a sincere reality.”

The action shows that there is a strategic change for online dating company, which is 70 percent of employees in the UK.

Those who have knowledge about the video call, said that the Wolfe Herd is critical when the employees responded with a number of thumbs with emojis.

“I see a lot of fluttering emojis, you need to calm down,” he said. “This remains out of the context. Also, the whole staff offered to take the rest of the week after the rich.

Bumble’s market capitalization, about 30 percent in the last year, along with investors in 2021 in 2021, decreased about $ 13 billion.

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Industrial surveys have complained about the acquaintance of many Gen Z users ‘Burnout’ and concerns about the acquisition of unwanted materials and severe threats when women use online dating services.

At the call of the staff, the herd said, although the Bumble did not completely close the British office, “London was first”, the global expansion was not “delivered.”

He added that “Silicon Valley” in the Silicone Valley to capitalize the talent of artificial intelligence in the San Francisco Gulf.

In a spokesman for the bumble, it said that this was “very difficult for the company’s long-term growth and better position for the company’s long-term growth and success” in the last week.

“While continuing to deepen our presence in the United States, London remains a part of our Global HUB strategy. We are eager to invest in our talented team there, as we express.

Bumble, photo and phone number announces a number of new products as a check system, it was reported that users get acquainted with the company’s thinking in the coming months.

“We’re down from a series of point of view,” said Wolfe Herd. “Dating programs feel like something of the past.”