Birchbox Cuts About 12% of Staff

http://www.wsj.com/articles/birchbox-cuts-about-12-of-staff-1467136592

by MattRogish • 10 years ago

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therobot24• 10 years ago

these monthly box things are great for xmas gifts, but get old fast

ProAm• 10 years ago

And are usually significantly overpriced.

AznHisoka• 10 years ago

I was a member of dollar shave club then realized it took me half a year to use just 1 box.

I'm quite lazy and the razors are incredibly frustrating to open so I end up just using 1 as long as possible. So I just quit my subscription and when I need new razors I sign up again. Funny thing is the first month they always give you a free shaver with the razors so it works out well for me. I want my money's worth, damn it.

zippergz• 10 years ago

I have at least 15 packs of those blades in my house. I finally got around to canceling...

loeg• 10 years ago

Just buy directly from Dorco on Amazon as needed. Dollar Shave just rebrands Dorco products and marks them up.

cylinder• 10 years ago

Why wouldn't you just buy razors at once in bulk? I can't figure out why Dollar Shave exists.

crisopolis• 10 years ago

Why must we always link to Pay Wall articles... :'(

mikek• 10 years ago

Search for the article in Google to get around the paywall.

dexterdog• 10 years ago

It still throws up the paywall for me. This article probably has the same info minus the annoyance: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160628/TECHNOLOGY/160...

gortok• 10 years ago

For WSJ if you click the 'web' link above you'll get taken to the Google result page for this article.

dangoldin• 10 years ago

Another way is add /amp/ to the URL before /articles (ie http://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/birchbox-cuts-about-12-of-st...).

Sometimes it will do a subscription request but there are ways around that as well if you look at the network inspector to see what it's requesting..

rhapsodic• 10 years ago

Click the web link. Then click news on the Google search page.

tarr11• 10 years ago

I wish paywalled articles would link automatically to the web link, it would save time.

kilroy123• 10 years ago

I just use this chrome extension:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bypass/ekfnpmbmfml...

slowandlow• 10 years ago

I had a phone interview with them and then checked their glassdoor. Needless to say I'm not surprised about this.

brogrammernot• 10 years ago

I've been a subscriber since nearly the beginning but I'm not renewing. The service itself has become incredibly subpar and they've screwed up quite a few times. Add in the fact that they force you to use points or they expire and the products are always overpriced. They had a bunch of customers and I imagine I'm not the only one who no longer sees the value. This tells me more about their product no longer holding the same value more so than the current technology situation.

colept• 10 years ago

Same experience here. I regret buying a yearly subscription as I just received the same product two months in a row and another one I got a couple months back.

grandalf• 10 years ago

I got the man box and was pleasantly surprised that I actually ordered some of the items (after a few boxes not ordering anything).

It's a shame they are losing Liz Crawford, she's top notch. I'll be curious to see where she ends up next.

ryanSrich• 10 years ago

How in the world is duplication not something they check for?

mrgreenfur2• 10 years ago

Maybe the 'box' industry will finally tone it down a bit. Who really needs this kind of stuff so frequently?

gdilla• 10 years ago

"rethink cost structures" - says the CEO. Well, don't be in manhattan. Go to Nebraska or Idaho or something.

bkjelden• 10 years ago

Bulu Box[0] is a subscription box startup that did exactly that (headquartered in Lincoln, NE).

[0] http://www.bulubox.com/

sotojuan• 10 years ago

Is there any precedent of a start up doing this? I'd imagine a lot of their engineer talent would be lost, but I'm happy to be proved wrong.

princetontiger• 10 years ago

I interviewed for a very senior finance role at a public company a few days ago.

The entire group of analysts and managers is based in a southern US state, while the executive team resides in NYC. Pretty crazy, but makes sense from a business stand point.

pbreit3• 10 years ago

cuz there's a lot of successful startups coming out of Nebraska and Idaho!

Blackthorn• 10 years ago

I still enjoy my regularly delivered artisan hummus, but I'm weird like that.

mrgreenfur2• 10 years ago

Mmmm hummus. I'm going to start a box-box company, every month we send you a random box companies box. Actually, this doesn't sound so bad...

programminggeek• 10 years ago

"X startup cuts 10-15% of staff" seems to be a meme lately.

Birchbox Cuts About 12% of Staff

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