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Over 500 members of Twitch staff are now out of a job.

CEO Dan Clancy attributed the mass layoffs to a decision to, rightsize, the company.

Today, we will begin to reach out to colleagues who are impacted by these role reductions.

Onthe Twitch layoffs,Clancy publisheda blog postsaying:

Today I have some incredibly difficult news to share.

This will be a very hard day.

The tech industry layoffs show no signs of slowing down, which makes for a worrying trend overall.