EdTech company Headway Inc cuts 16% of staff to focus on promising areas
Headway Inc is reducing its team by 16% - 85 specialists from R&D areas, product portfolio teams, and HQ (Head Office).
Headway Inc is reducing its team by 16% - 85 specialists from R&D areas, product portfolio teams, and HQ (Head Office).
The company noted that before making this decision, they made the most of internal transfer opportunities by offering some employees other roles within Headway Inc.
"In recent years, Headway Inc. has actively invested in new areas. Not all of these decisions have yielded the expected results. Therefore, the company reviewed its product portfolio and future structure and made the most difficult decision in its entire existence - to reduce individual areas. With the new structure, the company will focus on developing products and areas with the greatest long-term potential," the company told dev.ua.
All employees affected by the layoffs will receive a comprehensive compensation package, including:
payment of a cash reward for one month and an additional bonus for years of service;
compensation for unused vacation days;
maintaining health insurance for 3 months;
preservation of working equipment;
assistance in employment and recommendations for future careers.
The company's top priority is to provide maximum responsible and transparent support to people during this transition.
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Headway Inc is a global tech company with Ukrainian roots that creates products for lifelong learning. The total audience of its five products (Headway, Impulse, Nibble, AddMile and Skillsta) exceeds 180 million users worldwide. All of the company's products are free for Ukrainians. In 2025, the authoritative TIME magazine included Headway Inc in the list of the best EdTech companies in the world.
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