Sonos lays off 7%, or about 130 employees

Re:Sonos lays off 7%, or about 130 employees by tpmx on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @11:31AM (#36327474)

1800+.

Seems like they overhired during the pandemic like many other companies.

I'm also a bit puzzled by that number, I've got to admit.

They seem to do their manufacturing in China and Malaysia.

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Re:Sonos lays off 7%, or about 130 employees by PaulHoule on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @12:06PM (#36328008)

I can’t imagine that there is anything too special in Sonos speakers, I mean there isn’t much point in using an OS that isn’t Linux or some off-the-shelf commercial OS. Bottom of the barrel ARM chips from Mediatek and the like will be good enough. I’m somewhat familiar with the competitive HEOS speakers from Denton and I can say that even pricey home theater receivers have underwhelming electronics inside.

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Re:Sonos lays off 7%, or about 130 employees by tpmx on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @12:10PM (#36328079)

Their supposed secret sauce is the low-latency audio synchronization between rooms. But that isn't so secret/hard anymore.

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Re:Sonos lays off 7%, or about 130 employees by PaulHoule on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @01:25PM (#36329304)

Maybe they need 1000+ patent lawyers to protect it?

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Re:Sonos lays off 7%, or about 130 employees by benglish11 on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @02:57PM (#36330831)

They also have iOS and Android apps, maybe a web app too. Their apps do a lot of integrations with various streaming services which probably has a decent staff to maintain as well.

That’s just tech jobs. They also have markering, design, logistics, distribution, accounting, HR…..

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