Should we be worried about more in January or are we now at the point where we can consider ourselves safe for the foreseeable future?

Online marketplace Etsy laid out plans on Wednesday to slash roughly 225 jobs as part of a major restructuring effort, making it the latest major U.S. company to reduce its head count this year (see Forbes’ layoff tracker from earlier this year... — read more 

When there were layoffs at Etsy back in 2017, one of the unintended consequences were that a lot more people quit voluntarily afterwards. Attrition was a lot higher than expected. I have to believe that the people who remain are not all going to want... — read more 

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I know this will hurt many of us but something needs to be done. Etsy is profiting from our work while providing us with the bare minimum in return. The latest increase in fees is simply ridiculous. How are we supposed to make ANY money like this?... — read more 

I have a job offer from Etsy and one of the things I'm trying to determine before I accept is whether there's job security. I'm leaving my current job for the lack of it, so I don't want to end up in the same position. From what I can see here and... — read more 

Too bad, Etsy was always fun and easy website to search for items as well as an inspiration for creative living. I hope nothing will change after the layoffs.

It's the second wave of job cuts. If we combine earlier layoffs from May that would give us 20% reduction. They will cut about 200 jobs mostly in marketing, management, general and administrative departments. Their stock went up after the... — read more 

This round of cuts is not the last but it's huge for Etsy as we don't have much staff, so even a small number of job loses turns things upside down.... The mood is fairly subdued and people are worried - this is true for EVERY SINGLE PERSON I WORK... — read more 

More layoffs incoming this month at Etsy, at least 20 percent. I just love it how the new CEO thinks the layoffs are the only way to drive focus. Management screws up, employees pay for it, as usual. If they continue like this, not sure there will be... — read more 

Things will get worse, so let's watch how it develops: https://www.recode.net/2017/5/2/15522672/etsy-ceo-change-josh-silverman-chad-dickerson-layoffs

Right now, there are 500 employees, so things may get ugly... https://www.inc.com/oracle/five-ways-to-keep-hiring-disasters-at-bay.html

I left in 2014 but I hear that they may be going through layoffs right now