100 Thieves lay off more than a dozen staff on social media, content teams 100 Thieves100 Thieves had laid off multiple longstanding employees across both its social media and content teams in a major shakeup for the esports, media, and apparel company, including senior staff and executives. More than a dozen 100 Thieves employees have announced they were laid off from the popular esports brand on July 13. From senior members of the social team to video editors and executive producers alike, the layoffs appear to be widespread across the organization. Some were more recent hires while others had served the company for multiple years, dating back close to the early days of 100 Thieves \u2014 long before the compound, before CouRage and Valkyrae were co-owners, and before multiple rounds of eight-figure investments. Esports social media veteran Blackbeard, previously of OpTic Gaming, was among those laid off. Executive Producer Mike Aransky, formerly of IGN and ESPN fame, was another big name joining him. \u201cAfter almost four years, I say goodbye,\u201d Aransky wrote in his announcement post. Having played an integral role in 100 Thieves\u2019 content from early on, Aransky helped \u201cbuild the content team from the ground up.\u201d From the 100 Thieves facility tour which has since gone on to reach almost three million views, to CouRage\u2019s announcement video upon joining the organization, and plenty of highlights in between Aransky has been involved in many of 100 Thieves\u2019 biggest moments. For the most part, employees hit by the layoffs today expressed their gratitude for time spent with the organization. \u201cFrom being a fan for years to working at the company and meeting amazing people, it\u2019s been an absolute pleasure,\u201d former editor Alec Daughtry said. \u201cI am so grateful for this opportunity and for the chance to meet such amazing people,\u201d former 100 Thieves thumbnail designer Damian added. \u201cI\u2019ll truly never forget the special moments I shared with this team.\u201d These layoffs seemingly came as a surprise to most, with many now opening themselves to any and all opportunities in the industry. 100 Thieves is currently ranked the second most valuable esports organization in the world today, according to Forbes, sitting just behind TSM with a $460 million valuation. This shift comes just weeks behind TSM also reportedly laid off more than 20 staff members. 100 Thieves nor its owners have yet to issue a statement regarding the widespread layoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
100 Thieves lay off more than a dozen staff on social media, content teams 100 Thieves100 Thieves had laid off multiple longstanding employees across both its social media and content teams in a major shakeup for the esports, media, and apparel company, including senior staff and executives. More than a dozen 100 Thieves employees have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}