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425 iRobot is laying off staff for the second time this year

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 11/07/2024 12:35 EDT

iRobot is laying off staff for the second time this year

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iRobot, the parent company of robovac maker Roomba, is laying off around 105 employees. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission spotted by TechCrunch, iRobot says the job cuts will impact 16 percent of its current workforce.
The company announced the news as part of its earnings report released on Wednesday. “These moves, while challenging, have fundamentally changed the way we work with our partners to efficiently develop and build our ro

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