Coursera Lays Off ~150 Staff After Udemy Merger
The fifth round of layoffs at Coursera and Udemy since 2022, and the first since the merger closed. Coursera disclosed a cost but no headcount, so we worked the number out from past rounds.
https://www.classcentral.com/report/coursera-udemy-merger-layoffs/
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