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Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee
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Flock is offering a voluntary severance program to its employees. This move comes as the company experiences a decline in its customer base.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- Wired·Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee
- TechMeme·Internal email: Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program; sources say a significant number of Flock's ~1,500 employees may depart, as customers flee (Wired)
- TechCrunch·Flock reportedly tries to shrink workforce with employee buyouts
Flock Safety announced a voluntary buyout program offering its 1,500 employees a “most generous” severance package, with the company planning to grant it to a majority of interested staff. The move follows backlash over its license-plate recognition technology, including 46 police misuse cases and the loss of 90 city contracts in August, which has damaged internal morale.
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