TommyCarey
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Firing 28% of your employees, or laying off as the higher ups will want it put, is a pretty big move for Moz. The best thing is that the CEO of Moz, Sarah Bird, said that they will be helping the 28% of people find their next positions so that they aren't just left high and dry.
There are currently 220 people working for Moz.com so that means they will be letting go of around 61 or 62 people leaving them with 158 to 159 employees. I wonder if Moz.com will be able to function the same way after letting go of so many people.
If Moz.com is focusing more on SEO now and can let go of so many people, what were those people doing in the first place that they were so easily let go? I would assume they're more of an offline sector that focused on events and outings to bring in bigger clients and not in the online marketing sector which consists of SEO and other things.
Some people say that "SEO is Dead!" but that's not true at all. The ones who say it's dead are the ones who can't hack it online 
Moz understands the power of SEO and if such a large company is focusing more on the SEO side of things, shouldn't we all? They have teams of people who focus on this and I'm sure they're some of the "best of the best" in the world. I'm not saying to be a follower, but I am telling everyone not to be stubborn and watch what the bigger companies are doing because they can usually spot trends and other hot topics before we can because they have 10+ people doing the same thing and we're lone rangers usually
What do you guys and girls think about this?
Is it the right move to lay off 28% of their staff and focus more on SEO?
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Razzy
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Cristian
Having 220 people working at Moz was pretty crazy, don't really see why they need all those people, they do offer a number of services but I still think the number is too big.
The people they are actually firing are probably non-core assets that handled certain areas where Moz wanted to expand but eventually decided to remain SEO focused and this is the result.
On the other hand, helping those people find work is something really cool for a company to do! I don't really trust Sarah Bird as fully functional CEO of Moz. Rand Fishkin may still be the man running everything from the shadows, at least I hope so... Having 220 people working at Moz was pretty crazy, don't really see why they need all those people, they do offer a number of services but I still think the number is too big. The people they are actually firing are probably non-core assets that handled certain areas where Moz wanted to expand but eventually decided to remain SEO focused and this is the result. On the other hand, helping those people find work is something really cool for a company to do!
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