Roku Soars on Plans to Cut 10% of Staff, Consolidate Offices
- Latest job reductions is third workforce cut in three quarters
- The expense cuts also trimmed some of its streaming content
The Roku app on a television in New York.
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Roku Inc., the maker of set-top boxes and TV software consumers use to watch Netflix Inc. and other streaming services, jumped after announcing plans to cut about 300 workers or 10% of its workforce, consolidate office space and reduce its content portfolio.
The San Jose, California-based company will also limit new hires as part of an effort to slow its growth in operating expenses, it said in a filing Wednesday. Roku expects to record charges of $45 million to $65 million tied to the job cuts, $160 million to $200 million from ceasing the use of office facilities and $55 million to $65 million from removing licensed content from its streaming platform.