Since late April, “the macroeconomic environment has deteriorated further and faster than expected. As a result, we believe it is likely that we will report revenue and Adjusted EBITDA below the bottom of our guidance range for the second quarter of 2022,” the company said in a statement. Filing of securities in the United States.
U.S. stocks had finished higher on Monday, led by gains in banks and technology, but the rise followed Wall Street’s longest streak of weekly declines since the dotcom meltdown more than 20 years ago and many investors remain nervous.
Snap chief executive Evan Spiegel told employees in a memo seen by Reuters that the company would slow hiring this year and laid out a broad list of issues.
“Like many businesses, we continue to face rising inflation and interest rates, supply chain shortages and labor disruptions, platform policy changes, impact of the war in Ukraine, and more,” he wrote.
Last month, Snap forecast second-quarter revenue growth of 20% to 25% year-over-year.
In the memo, Spiegel said Snap would assess the remainder of this year’s budget and “executives were asked to review spending to find additional savings.”
Some planned hires will be pushed back to next year, though the company still plans to hire more than 500 people by the end of this year, he said.
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