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Snap计划裁减全球16%的员工；股价上涨

-- Snap (SNAP) 计划裁员约 1000 人，约占其全职员工总数的 16%，这是首席执行官埃文·斯皮格尔 (Evan Spiegel) 为降低成本而采取的举措之一。 这家社交媒体公司在周三提交的监管文件中表示，此次裁员旨在将资源重新分配到高优先级项目中。此外，该公司还将关闭 300 多个空缺职位。 斯皮格尔在致员工的信中表示，Snap 预计到下半年将年度成本减少 5 亿美元以上，“这将有助于公司更清晰地实现净利润盈利”。 斯皮格尔表示：“虽然这些变革对于实现 Snap 的长期潜力是必要的，但我们相信，人工智能的快速发展能够帮助我们的团队减少重复性工作，提高效率，并更好地支持我们的社区、合作伙伴和广告商。” 该公司在提交的文件中表示，预计此次裁员将产生9500万美元至1.3亿美元的税前费用，其中大部分预计将在第二季度产生。 Snap的股价在周三的交易中上涨了6.3%。该股今年迄今已下跌26%。 该公司披露，计划在2024年将其全球员工人数减少约10%。不到两年前，该公司曾宣布将裁员20%并终止部分项目。 根据一份投资者报告，由于最近的裁员，Snap预计2026年的调整后运营支出约为27.5亿美元，低于此前约30亿美元的预期。该公司重申了其基础设施成本预期，为16亿至16.5亿美元。 Snapchat 母公司预计第一季度营收约为 15.3 亿美元，同比增长 12%，处于此前预期范围的高端。FactSet 目前普遍预测的营收为 15.2 亿美元。

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