Goleta, California-based Apeel Sciences, a supplier of edible, freshness-preserving coatings to the agricultural industry, has announced another round of layoffs.
In this second round of layoffs announced in 2022, the reduction in force will impact 96 employees from its Goleta office in a phased layoff. 71 employees are scheduled to be laid off on January 15, 2023; another 11 employees by March 31, 2023, and the final round of workers, 14 workers by June 30, 2023.
A total of 120 employees, including those in other locations, will be laid off.
According to a company spokesperson, “We developed some inefficiencies that needed to be addressed for the future of our business. We were admittedly optimistic about the position we would be in following the previous layoffs, and we underestimated economic headwinds and the extent to which we’d need to restructure to ensure the future of our company. It is never easy, and there is no good way or right time to do a layoff, but we felt it was necessary to take this step now."
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