As 3D Print Week was booming, it seems that other, less joyous events were taking place behind the scenes. Motherboard reports that Stratasys subsidiary MakerBot has laid off 20% of its workforce, which they estimate to be about 100 employees.
An employee who asked not to be named told Motherboard that the layoff came at the orders of the company’s new CEO, Jonathan Jaglom, who replaced the previous CEO, Jenny Lawton, who, in turn, replaced the company’s founder, Bre Pettis. The employee says, “It’s about 20 percent of staff.…
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