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DocuSign to lay off 6% of workforce, or about 440 jobs::DocuSign announced Tuesday it will cut 6% of its workforce as part of a restructuring plan

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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 66 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I mean, I could see them having a few hundred employees total at DocuSign, but holy crap! What do they all do?

There are infinitely more complex pieces of software out there with less than a tenth of the number of employees.

[–] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 50 points 10 months ago

Sales, marketing and support most likely. It has a massive corporate userbase. I'm guessing the actual tech side of the house is only a small fraction.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They need to employ a small army of handwringing analysts to verify your terrible trackpad and touch screen signatures.

[–] Threeme2189@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So do these guys wring their hands while analyzing stuff or do they actually analyze handwringing?

[–] Shadywack@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

My guess is that snorting cocaine while "working" makes that a bit difficult.

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I used to work at DS and there was definitely overhiring done during the early pandemic when the stock price was going up. At least three people I know were let go in this round and they were in technical teams, which was surprising.