Evernote, the once-popular productivity app, has laid off most of its employees based in the U.S. and Chile.

 

Evernote, the once-popular productivity app, has laid off most of its employees based in the U.S. and Chile.  Bending Spoons, Evernote's parent company, said it's now moving most of its operations to Europe to boost opertional efficiencies and benefit from its strong "employer brand" in the region. The number of employees laid off in the closure of the Bay Area and Chile offices has not been shared publicly. The affected workers mainly consisted of engineering and information technology employees, as reported by SFGate. Nearly 130 employees had already been laid off earlier in the year. A European team, including some members of Bending Spoons' workforce, will manage the company from now on. Evernote, founded in 2004 and once valued at $1B, has experienced declining popularity in recent years, as newer note-taking solutions like Notion and Obsidian gain traction. Bending Spoons, an Italian mobile app developer, officially acquired Evernote in January 2023 after announcing the deal in November 2022.