San Antonio’s Rackspace lays off workers

San Antonio-based Rackspace will lay off fewer than 100 employees, the company says. San Antonio-based Rackspace will lay off fewer than 100 employees, the company says. Photo: ROBIN JERSTAD /SPECIAL TO THE EXPRESS-NEWS Photo: ROBIN JERSTAD /SPECIAL TO THE EXPRESS-NEWS Image 1 of / 117 Caption Close San Antonio’s Rackspace lays off workers 1 / 117 Back to Gallery

Local cloud services company Rackspace Hosting began a new round of layoffs, cutting “fewer than 100” of its 6,700 employees, the company said in an emailed statement Tuesday.

“Rackspace operates in the fast-changing information technology industry, and we constantly evolve our workforce to meet shifting business requirements,” the company said. “We are hiring in areas where we need more Rackers with certain skill sets, and we periodically trim in areas where other skill sets are in lower demand.”

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The company declined to say exactly how many employees will be losing their jobs.

Rackspace’s C-suite has almost completely turned over since Apollo Global Management bought the company for $4.3 billion in 2016, replacing at least four of its top executives in the last 8 months.

Chief Executive Officer Joe Eazor joined the company in June after former CEO Taylor Rhodes left May 16. The company’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer also left last year.

Rackspace announced in June David Meredith’s appointment as president of private cloud and managed hosting. It was announced he would take over “partial responsibilities” from then-Chief Operating Officer Mark Roenigk, who was leaving the company effective June 28.

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The company announced in July it had hired Louis Alterman as chief financial officer. Former CFO Karl Pichler’s last day was May 23, a spokesperson previously told the Express-News.

Longtime executive John Engates lost his title as chief technology officer when the company announced in November that Datapipe’s Chief Technology and Security Officer Joel Friedman was going to take over that role at Rackspace. Engates was given “the same role with a new title: Chief Evangelist,” the company said in November. His last day was Feb. 2.

“Our business is growing in revenue and profit, and our headcount is the highest it has ever been,” the company said Tuesday.

The company encouraged interested applicants to see its “more than 200 job openings” at http://rackspace.jobs/.

San Antonio co-working space Geekdom is providing six months of free membership to those who have been impacted “so that they can find their opportunity to create, build, grow, and be a part of our flourishing community,” it said in a statement.

“Our hope is that they will find the start to their new future here, so that they can do what Geekdom members do — become entrepreneurs and lifelong learners,” Geekdom said.