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Dear Ex-Colleague,
Thank you very much for your critical feedback. I am very sorry that you had such a slightly negative experience with us.
It is great to hear that you perceived Cosuno as an employer offering fair pay and an environment to learn a lot, especially in our tech teams. This is super important to us.
Nevertheless, we are sorry to hear that you had a very negative experience in other areas. As a technology company, we have grown rapidly over the past year, both in the market and in terms of employees. Being this successful is only possible by being very demanding and enabling everyone to operate at their best. At Cosuno, we thrive very much on our performance-driven culture, and everyone needs to be aware of that. We have big goals that we are determined to achieve, and we are looking for team members who are comfortable working in a dynamic environment and who want to continuously develop themselves. However, we can understand that sometimes expectations can be a bit high and difficult to manage.
Regarding the terminations, we agree that this was a very unfortunate situation. We are also affected by the current global economic situation. Therefore, we had to make strategic adjustments, which meant that we had to lay off staff, especially in our international teams and non-core activities. We have communicated the exact reasons for the layoffs internally with those affected, including you - and it was not "a financial issue due to the war". However, this is no exception in such a situation, as both startups and large corporations unfortunately have to lay off staff at the moment. This decision was certainly not easy for us as a people team, but also for the founders and the management team. We also lost valued colleagues.
While the criticisms of the way this situation was communicated are certainly justified, unfortunately there was no other legal way to announce the layoffs (since we have employees all over Europe and the legalities in each country are very different). This is also why we offered several face-to-face meetings to each and every affected employee from the People Operations team and the founders to understand the background of our decision and to make the transition as easy as possible. We also created an Alumni Directory to help all of you find a new role as quickly as possible.
Thanks anyway for your input and the implied suggestions for improvement. We are definitely not perfect and there is always room for improvement. We wish you all the best for your future and for finding a more suitable position.
Your People & Culture Team
