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Dropbox lays off 200 employees, representing 9pc of its global workforce, in engineering, product, design and administrative functions. The company states it is profitable and aims to concentrate resources for long-term growth. Impacted staff receive 16 weeks' pay plus one additional week for each completed year at Dropbox. Co-CEO Ashraf Alkarmi announced the cuts yesterday (28 October).
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Dropbox plans to cut ~6% of its staff, or ~200 jobs, costing $27M to $33M in severance and related costs, and says CTO Ali Dasdan will step down on November 18 (Anhata Rooprai/Reuters)

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