Flock reportedly tries to shrink workforce with employee buyouts
Flock Safety offered voluntary buyouts to its 1,500 employees amid mounting backlash over license plate reader misuse, hoping to avoid layoffs.
According to Wired, Flock Safety unveiled what it calls its 'most generous' severance package for voluntary departures, expecting significant interest from its 1,500-person workforce. The move follows a Washington Post report identifying 46 cases of police officers accused of misusing Flock's license plate recognition technology. Florida and Texas are stopping use of the technology, and an advocacy group counted 90 cities that dropped Flock in August alone, a fourfold increase from the previous month.
- Buyouts described internally as the company's 'most generous' severance ever
- Washington Post found 46 alleged police misuse cases, including stalking
- Florida and Texas dropping Flock; 90 cities dropped it in August
- CEO Garrett Langley says the biggest damage has been to internal morale
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Without buyouts, Flock would "almost certainly" need to lay off staff.
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