For several Twitch employees, the holiday weekend got off to a very bad start when they suddenly learned that they were being laid off. Apparently, the company is making plans to reassign its priorities. This shift in focus from certain areas of Twitch's business to others caused a restructuring of teams, ultimately leading to layoffs. While th♋e corporate speak certainly makes it seem like a sound business decision, several longtime Twitch employees who were laid off tell a different story.

The officia👍l reason given for the Twitch layoffs was that꧑ the company "overhired." As such,  Twitch wanted to refocus its efforts into the areas that are "most important for the community." However, the representative who gave the statement did not clarify what exactly those areas are.

Here's the full statement:

Coming off the record-setting numbers shared in our 2017 Retrospective, Twitch is continuing to grow and advance with success stories from Overwatch League to Fortnite’s milestone-setting streams. In order to maintain this momentum, we have an aggressive growth strategy for 2018 with plans to increase our headcount by approximately 30%. While we’ve conducted team adjustments in some departments, our focus is on prioritizing areas most important for the community.

Twitch Studios seems to be the area taking the brunt of the layoffs, as confirmed by tweets by some prominent Twitch figures. Justin✅ ♊Wong,  a streamer who worked his way up to becoming the president of Twitch community and social, announced his departure in a . He remained positive about the future of the company. Anna Prosser Robinson, a Twitch host, was more candid in saying that Twitch Studios took the hardest hit.

Rod Breslau, an eSports consultant, had more revealing things to say in his take on the layoffs. , newly-hired VP of Twitch Content Michael Aragon fired the employees very impersonally, choosing to deliver the news via a group call rather than in person. The very casual firಞing of so many employees, including ones that have been there from the start, was a huge blow to Twitch morale. Breslau even claims that one employee described the situation as "getting Amazon'd."

It's hard to say at this point what these layof♈fs really say about Twitch or its future. With the constant controversies ov🔥er Youtube's ad program and ethics, Twitch was positioning itself as the place to watch people play video games. And if viewership numbers are any indication, it still is despite the layoffs. Yet without beloved community figures steering the ship, could Twitch go down the same dark path as Youtube? All we can do is tune in and find out.

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