Jimdo lays off employees again

A sixth of the team will probably have to go. It is the second wave of redundancies this year.

The website operator Jimbo is laying off 16 percent of its employees. This is stated in a blog post by CEO and founder Matthias Henze. The exact number of employees was not disclosed, but all teams and positions abroad are affected. This is reported by Gründerszene.

In July, the company still employed 320 people. This was after the dismissal of around 20 employees from the marketing team. At the time, Henze told Startbase that expectations had not been met.

Now Heinze justifies the decision in his blog post with the impending recession. The world is in crisis and, according to the IfO business climate index, small companies are particularly affected. As this is Jimdo's customer base, the start-up will also have to accept losses. The restructuring is therefore a preparation for upcoming, more turbulent phases.