LG dismisses webOS developers from the US office

LG is reducing its development staff in the company's office in Silicon Valley, which has a webOS development team. The company has reduced staff by about 20 employees.

LG representatives describe this as a necessary measure to improve the efficiency of workflows. "In any case, these changes will not have a negative impact on the development of webOS by LG," - commented the company representatives on questions about the current situation of The Verge. GL acquired the webOS platform back in 2013, and has since used it as an operating system for its line of televisions and smart watches.

According to information received from LG, the company intends to merge the user interface management group and the product management group into one department. And the new team of employees will continue to focus on the development of webOS, as well as new areas such as automotive platforms. The reduction of the development team and the expansion of the operating system to a new platform are processes that usually do not accompany each other, but apparently, LG is currently doing just that.
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People who are familiar with the situation firsthand argue that this decision will not be an easy test for the remaining employees in the department who develop the system - it’s very difficult to “work with increased efficiency” and keep a high pace with a reduced developer staff.