Carbon Health, a San Francisco company that provides urgent and primary care at clinics in California and elsewhere, will lay off more than 250 people, company CEO and co-founder Eren Bali said. tweeted.
“We are rolling out major initiatives such as public health (remote patient monitoring), hardware, chronic care programs to focus on our primary care and urgent care service. And we have reduced our global workforce by over 200 people,” Bali wrote. He said he was still optimistic about the future, but “current market conditions require us to be more diligent.”
The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a legally required notice to the state, the company said it would permanently lay off 266 employees, effective March 7.
A range of jobs have been affected, according to the notice, from the company’s directors of marketing, engineering and global benefits and its chief technology officer to janitors, recruiters and salespeople.
The company has clinics in the Bay Area, Sacramento and Arizona, among other places, and last year announced expansions in Orange County, Riverside County and San Luis Obispo County.
Companies in tech and other industries have recently downsized as the economy slows and after a period of aggressive hiring.
Automated clothing maker CreateMe has reportedly laid off staff, according to the San Francisco Business Times, while augmented reality contact lens startup Mojo Vision will lay off three-quarters of its staff, TechCrunch reported.
In June, Bali announced a previous round of layoffs affecting more than 250 employees in Twitter.
The company has acquired a number of health tech startups, including a diabetes management company and remote patient monitoring company Alertive Healthcare.
San Francisco Chronicle writer Roland Li contributed to this report.
Chase DiFeliciantonio is a writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. Email: chase.difeliciantonio@sfchronicle.comTwitter: @ChaseDiFelice
