Quartz lays off 80 employees — May 14, 2020
Quartz, a media company based in United States, laid off 80 employees on May 14, 2020. At the time, the company was at the Acquired stage. The layoff was reported by this source.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/business/media/quartz-to-lay-off-80-employees.html
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