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Grubhub lays off 15 percent of its employees

The technology industry has been hit hard by layoffs this year, and GrubHub is the latest to cut staff. The company’s CEO Howard Migdal announced today that the company will be letting go of roughly 400 employees, or 15 percent of its corporate workforce. The layoffs will supposedly help Grubhub stay "competitive" with the market. He said, "Over the last few months, I met with Grubhub teams to learn about the business from the ground up; I spoke to restaurants and diners to understand their needs – and challenges – when…

Grubhub to Lay Off About 15% of Staff

The food-delivery company plans to cut around 400 jobs, with CEO Howard Migdal saying the move is needed to stay competitive. The food-delivery company plans to cut around 400 jobs, with CEO Howard Migdal saying the move is needed to stay competitive. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners,…

Ex-Grubhub Driver Wins 8-Year Legal Battle in California Court, Gets $65

After nearly a decade of courtroom arguments and appeals, one California man is finally emerging victorious in a protracted legal fight against Grubhub.Robinhood App Lays Off 9% of StaffRaef Lawson, a former Grubhub driver and aspiring actor/comedian/writer, has won his case against the company. His complaint, first filed in 2015, is now settled. And for all those years of hearings, filings, and briefings Lawson’s triumph has netted him an astounding...$65 payout. More important than the financial outcome here, though, is…

Amazon Prime Membership Is Reportedly Past Its Prime

Image: Getty Images (Getty Images)Amazon’s prime members plateaued last year according to a Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) report released this week. The number of subscribers has been in decline since July of last year, according to the CIRP, which claimed in the first six months of the year, Amazon Prime did not add net new members in the U.S.Amazon spokesperson Maggie Sivon said in an emailed statement to Gizmodo that the CIRP’s reports are false. “Just because an analyst firm reports something doesn’t

Grubhub ordered to pay $3.5 million to settle Washington DC deceptive practices lawsuit

Grubhub has been ordered to pay $3.5 million to settle the lawsuit filed against the company by the District of Columbia over "deceptive trade practices." Washington DC Attorney General Karl Racine has announced that his office has reached an agreement with the food delivery service "for charging customers hidden fees and using deceptive marketing techniques." If you'll recall, his office sued the company earlier this year, accusing it of charging hidden fees and misrepresenting Grubhub+ subscription's offer of "unlimited…

Grubhub Founder Mike Evans New Book Hangry Excerpt

Photo: Brandon Bell (Getty Images)In Hangry: A Startup Journey, Grubhub founder Mike Evans explains the humble beginnings of what would become a massive food delivery empire. In the days before he helped launch said empire, Evans was a lot like the rest of us—hustling to get through another workday and wracking his brain to figure out how to feed himself in between. With detail and humor, the entrepreneur sheds light on his early days in the tech industry and reveals how his nightly meal choices of pizza, lucky charms,

Swiggy, Zomato Amongst Top 10 Global Food Delivery Platforms, Research Firm Says

Indian food aggregator platforms Swiggy and Zomato have featured in world's 'Top 10' e-commerce-based food delivery companies. Both companies are part of over 100 Indian unicorns. Unicorns are companies with a total value of over $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,000 crore).A report published by Canada-headquartered global research firm ETC Group titled 'Food Barons 2022 - Crisis Profiteering, Digitalization and Shifting Power' placed Swiggy and Zomato in the 9th and 10th spot, respectively.According to the research firm, the…

Grubhub’s Owner Begins a Necessary Slim Down

After years of swallowing new businesses, Grubhub’s owner has begun a painful but much-needed purge. On Friday, Amsterdam-headquartered food-delivery company Just Eat Takeaway.com TKWY 30.31% said it would exit its Latin American joint venture. Its existing partner, Prosus, will pay up to €1.8 billion for JET’s one-third stake in São Paulo-based iFood, equivalent to $1.81 billion. Venture capital investor Prosus, also listed in…

Walmart Reaches Video-Streaming Deal to Offer Paramount+ to Members

Walmart Inc. WMT 0.29% said it has agreed to a deal with Paramount Global PARA 1.41% to offer the entertainment company’s Paramount+ streaming service to subscribers of Walmart’s membership program. Walmart has been exploring a subscription video-streaming deal to draw more people to Walmart+ as it seeks to challenge Amazon.com Inc., which has grown its…