Scaling is Hard

When Glossier laid off a third of its employees in January, a lot of companies took away a big lesson: Scaling is difficult.

CEO Emily Weiss handled the layoffs by telling employees, “We got ahead of ourselves on hiring. Those missteps are on me.”

This isn’t the first big layoff for the beauty brand. In 2020, the company shut down its retail stores and laid off all employees, only to go BACK to brick-and-mortar retail a year later. Now, though, the layoffs are primarily on the tech front, as Glossier refocuses and right-sizes its tech strategy.

All new brands have growing pains, and Glossier is no different. But for the real people who work there, the culture of reshuffling can be hard.

As a recruiter, my job is to find YOU a job. If you’ve been affected by a recent “reshuffle,” give me a shout.