CRM software program supplier Zendesk is lowering one other 8% of its workforce citing macroeconomic uncertainty, simply six months after the corporate laid off 300 staffers for a similar purpose.

“All that is troublesome information to share, however I’ve made the choice to scale back our workforce by 8% at Zendesk,” CEO Tom Eggemeier wrote in an e mail to all staff, which was later posted as a weblog.

The brand new tranche of layoffs, in line with Eggemeier, could be attributed to continued macroeconomic uncertainty and elevated competitors from rivals.

“After I joined on the finish of November, I’d hoped a mix of bettering macroeconomic situations and streamlining prices would assist us keep away from this second. Sadly, macroeconomic situations haven’t improved and we discover ourselves in an more and more aggressive market,” Eggemeier wrote.

In November, Zendesk laid off round 300 staffers from its international workforce of 5,450 staff to scale back working bills as a result of the corporate employed extra staff than have been commensurate with its progress projections.

“From 2020 – 2022, our hiring outpaced our enterprise realities,” Eggemeier, who joined the corporate in November final yr, wrote. Zendesk’s government staff had taken duty for the primary spherical of layoffs that got here months after it was acquired by a consortium of personal fairness companies for $10.2 billion.