Evernote: Acquired in January 2023, in July 2023 Bending Spoons laid off all Evernote staff and transferred the operations to Bending Spoons HQ.
Mosaic Group: Acquired in January 2024, immediately laid off all 330 staff members, folded operations into Bending Spoons HQ.
WeTransfer: Acquired in July 2024, in September 2024 laid off 75% of all staff.
MeetUp: Acquired in January 2024, in February 2024 laid off a “significant” portion of the workforce
Brightcove: Acquired in November 2024, yesterday, March 19th, laid off 2/3rds of US employees
I understand (even if I don’t like/agree) some downsizing, but firing everybody is a smooth brain move. Evernote was all the shit when I went to college in Europe, and MeetUp was also very popular, and now they are barely mentioned. Maybe these companies started declining before the a acquisition, okay, but then why buy them in the first place?
Time to shine a light on Joplin! It’s FOSS, has great support for your own cloud, powerful plugins and is just an all around fine piece of note taking software
The buyer “Bending Spoons” also bought Evernote in 2023, for those who remember that downfall.
Oh fuck.
from the article:
komoot knows what they’re in for
I understand (even if I don’t like/agree) some downsizing, but firing everybody is a smooth brain move. Evernote was all the shit when I went to college in Europe, and MeetUp was also very popular, and now they are barely mentioned. Maybe these companies started declining before the a acquisition, okay, but then why buy them in the first place?
Time to shine a light on Joplin! It’s FOSS, has great support for your own cloud, powerful plugins and is just an all around fine piece of note taking software
+1 for joplin. I recently switched over to it and I’m a big fan.
I never used Evernote, but I know of the layoffs. Is the product worse now than before the acquisition?