Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast
From 2024 on we'll be bringing you monthly long-form interviews with the biggest names in European startups. We'll hear from the founders, operators and investors behind the continent's biggest tech companies, to learn what makes them tick and what they've learnt as they've built their businesses.
Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast
S2 E13 \Mass layoffs are here — who's been hit?
Some of Europe's best known tech companies have cut thousands of staff this week, as the economic slowdown arrives on the continent.
On the pod we discuss who's been hit hardest so far, how startups can best survive the storm, and what's in store for buy now, pay later startups, with credit becoming more expensive as interest rates rise.
The stories we discuss:
Tech company layoffs in Europe 2022: listed https://bit.ly/3sYnsSq
The European startups still hiring despite the tech downturn https://bit.ly/3MVpWJA
Grocery delivery startup Zapp in talks to lay off 10% of its staff https://bit.ly/3yXAG5W
Burn rate & layoffs: Is grocery delivery startup Gorillas struggling? https://bit.ly/3lK6Nyf
Klarna lays off 10% of its team amid valuation crunch https://bit.ly/3wRxwOn
Can Klarna and its rivals survive an economic downturn? https://bit.ly/38PiXmo
How to prepare for a downturn https://bit.ly/3PGBClf
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