MasterClass cuts 20% of 600-person staff to ‘get to self-sustainability faster’ | TechCrunch

MasterClass, an education platform that sells subscriptions to celebrity-taught classes, has cut 20% of its team to “adapt to the worsening macro

MasterClass cuts 20% of 600-person staff to ‘get to self-sustainability faster’ | TechCrunch MasterClass cuts 20% of 600-person staff to ‘get to self-sustainability faster’ Natasha Mascarenhas 1:30 PM PDT · June 22, 2022 MasterClass , an education platform that sells subscriptions to celebrity-taught classes, has cut 20% of its team to “adapt to the worsening macro environment and get to self-sustainability faster,” CEO David Rogier tweeted on Wednesday afternoon. The layoff impacts roughly 120 people across all teams, but no C-suite executives were cut, a MasterClass spokesperson confirmed to

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