In a surprising improvement, Bending Spoons, Evernote’s new company mum or dad, has laid off most of Evernote’s employees and can relocate all operations to Europe.
A lot of the firm’s “operations might be transitioned to Europe,” Bending Spoons CEO Luca Ferrari informed SFGate, because of the “important increase in operational effectivity that can come as a consequence of centralizing operations in Europe.” In consequence, most of Evernote’s employees within the San Francisco Bay space and Chile has been laid off and people workplaces might be closed for good.
Bending Spoons is a European expertise firm; it introduced that it might purchase Evernote in November 2022 for an undisclosed quantity, and it accomplished the acquisition this previous January. On the time of the announcement, Mr. Ferrari stated that he “noticed the potential” in Evernote, which has struggled in recent times after being a Silicon Valley startup darling a decade or extra in the past. Evernote skilled layoffs in 2015, 2018 (which I wrote about), and 2022, and a few workplace closures and govt departures. However Ferraris stated that he was “assured that Bending Spoons can deliver Evernote to new heights.”
Bending Spoons gained’t verify what number of Evernote workers it laid off, however Ferrari claims all is effectively.
“Our plans for Evernote are as formidable as ever,” he stated. “Going ahead, a rising, devoted crew primarily based in Europe will proceed to imagine possession of the Evernote product. This crew will even be in a super place to leverage the in depth experience and energy of the 400-plus workforce at Bending Spoons, a lot of whom have been engaged on Evernote full-time because the acquisition.”
That’s good, nevertheless it’s not clear how Evernote can achieve a market that’s now crowded with extra fashionable note-taking options like Notion, Obsidian, and Microsoft Loop. And its customers are rightly frightened concerning the finish of Evernote. It’s in all probability smart for any remaining Evernote customers to take a look at migrating their knowledge off the service ought to or not it’s shut down all of the sudden.