New reports have emerged about a troubled company culture at Twitch. Reportedly, the streaming service has seen a major staff exodus across 2021, losing over 300 employees including the chief operating officer, chief content officer, and head of creator development.
As reported by Bloomberg (paywalled), the Amazon-owned service has seen more than 60 employees leave in 2022, bringing that total higher. According to the ex-head of creator development, Marcus “DJ Wheat” Graham, he believes the fault lies with the company's hiring practices, saying many new hires aren't interested in what made Twitch popular.
Twitch Faces High-Level Departures Over Culture Clash
Elaborating further, another former employee - who wished to remain anonymous - stated:
Twitch issued a response to Bloomberg, which states:
Evidently, these are troubled times for the popular streaming service, and we'll keep you informed with further details. Elsewhere, Twitch recently outlined updates to their username policy and yesterday, confirmed it'll take further steps to prevent "harmful misinformation actors."
