Grindr Loses Almost 50 Per Cent Staff After Implementing Strict Return To Work Policy: Report

Almost 45 per cent of Grindr's employees have quit the company after it made it mandatory in August to return to office.

LGBTQ dating app Grindr has lost almost 50 per cent of its staff after implementing a strict "return to work" policy, the media has reported. Almost 45 per cent of Grindr's employees have quit the company after it made it mandatory in August to return to office. Grindr's revised policy gave employees two weeks to choose between relocating to their respective team’s newly assigned “hub” city to work in-person twice a week or leave the company with severance, according to labour group Communications Workers of America (CWA), says a report by CNN.

Grindr provided a severance package to employees who were unable or unwilling to comply with the relocation requirement, which the union group described as an attempt "to silence workers from speaking out about their working conditions".

According to CWA, 80 out 178 staffers at Grindr were forced to leave as of August 31. Several of these workers were hired remotely and were required to relocate to new “hub” cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington DC, the report added.

Grindr employees had announced their intention to unionise through CWA on July 20, but the labour drive has yet to be formalised. On August 4, the company announced its mandate for employees to return to work. Furthermore, the CWA has filed a formal complaint regarding the company's actions with the National Labor Relations Board on behalf of Grindr employees.

"We have full confidence in our team and their ability to continue to drive the business forward and make the world and lives of our users freer, more tolerant, and more just," a Grindr spokesperson was quoted as saying.