Meditation App Calm Lays Off 20% of Staff

andsoitis | karma 15255 | avg karma 3.51 · 2022-08-12 08:51:05

"Cuts hit marketing department"

bloqs | karma 1157 | avg karma 1.87 · 2022-08-12 10:41:16

So in order to remain calm you should not work for Calm

turtlebits | karma 2212 | avg karma 1.86 · 2022-08-12 11:21:25

Fun fact, all Calm's sessions are/were just audio files stored on S3, shared publicly, no auth. (as of late last year)

allenu | karma 3025 | avg karma 3.95 · 2022-08-12 18:40:27

I haven't tried Calm in a while, but I wonder if they were also trying to expand beyond meditation as Headspace has. Last time I checked, Headspace added general wellness features like workouts and also marketing tie-ins with Star Wars (and other Disney brands, I believe).

The whole thing fascinates me since it was initially just an app to help you meditate. But I suppose if the name of the game is growth, you have to expand somewhere.

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