GoPro announces that it will cut another 270 posts and the VR department will not be spared

▼ GoPro announces that it will cut another 270 posts. VR department has not been spared from Baidu VR Sports camera maker GoPro may hope that the new year can have a new beginning. However, they are still mired in a quagmire by 2017 and face many difficulties. On Wednesday, GoPro announced that it would cut another 270 jobs, and they announced that they would lay off 200 people in November last year. According to a former GoPro employee who did not want to be named, some employees in the Seattle office received a notice of dismissal on Tuesday and employees at the San Mateo headquarters in California will be notified on Wednesday. According to a report from Forbes, one source revealed that GoPro will continue to lay off its staff in the virtual reality department, stating that “no one will leave” to supervise these projects. In addition, on the Corporate Governance page, some senior executives have been removed, including Senior Vice President of Marketing, Senior Vice President of Operations, Vice President of Corporate Development and Vice President of Entertainment. Forbes previously reported that Fabrice Barbier, senior vice president of consumer devices responsible for camera and Karma product development, has left. The company had stated that about one-third of its positions as vice president or above were cancelled in the previous quarter. The latest round of layoffs will involve all departments including public relations, marketing and sales.