{"id":3392,"date":"2022-08-08T22:25:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T22:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/08\/power-buyer-ribbon-lays-off-136-employees\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:45:00","slug":"power-buyer-ribbon-lays-off-136-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/08\/power-buyer-ribbon-lays-off-136-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Power buyer Ribbon lays off 136 employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/articles\/zavvie-report-shows-how-tech-firms-are-changing-real-estate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Power-buying<\/a> firm <strong>Ribbon<\/strong> has laid off 136 employees, according to a late-July company-wide announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ribbon employees were informed of the layoffs during an \u201cAll Hands\u201d employee meeting on July 28. An hour after the meeting employees received an email informing them of their future with <a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/articles\/47232-worried-you-cant-get-a-mortgage-in-time-ribbon-will-buy-the-home-you-want-for-you\/?__hstc=43385018.c1200c13b5ffe2d787c2a413a4fe14b9.1635527061029.1659988489288.1659993792432.532&amp;__hssc=43385018.3.1659993792432&amp;__hsfp=324703831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the firm<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a prepared statement from the firm\u2019s CEO Shaival Shah read during the meeting, the layoffs came after the firm reduced all \u201cunnecessary non-salary expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em>As a leadership team, we have tried to delay this decision for as long as possible, but we are not immune to what we have been seeing elsewhere in <a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/articles\/in-a-bad-mortgage-market-these-are-areas-of-opportunity-for-lenders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the market<\/a>,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ribbonhome.com\/blog\/remarks-by-ceo-shaival-shah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shah wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ribbon said the layoff decisions were based on what qualities the employees could offer the company, including \u201ctechnical depth, institutional knowledge, domain expertise, strong customer service and qualities of a winning attitude, including collaboration, compassion and craftsmanship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm is providing impacted employees with two months of base salary (paid upfront) and three months of COBRA healthcare coverage. 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