---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-287240"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROKU"
cik: "0001428439"
company_name: "ROKU, INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T16:35:52.054628+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Roku cuts ~200 jobs, expects $28-31M in restructuring charges

## Summary
- Plan reduces headcount expenses by 5%, affecting ~200 US employee positions.
- Non-recurring charges of $28-31M for severance, benefits, and related costs.
- Majority of charges expected in Q4 2022; cash payments complete by Q1 2023.
- Move aims to slow 2023 operating expense growth amid current economic conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-287240
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROKU
- cik: 0001428439
- company_name: ROKU, INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1428439/000119312522287240/0001193125-22-287240-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1428439/000119312522287240/d395182d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-287240.txt

## Key facts
- Restructurings & Charges
  ROKU, INC announced a restructuring with charges of approximately $28 to $31 million (approximately 200 employee positions in the United States).
  - Type: restructuring
  - Charge: approximately $28 to $31 million
  - Headcount: approximately 200 employee positions in the United States
  source text: On November 17, 2022, Roku, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a plan to reduce the Company’s headcount expenses by a projected 5% to slow down the Company’s 2023 operating expense growth rate due to current economic conditions. This will affect approximately 200 employee positions in the United States. The Company estimates that it will incur non-recurring charges of approximately $28 to $31 million in connection with the headcount reductions, primarily consisting of severance payments, notice pay (where applicable), employee benefits contributions and related costs.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1428439/000119312522287240/0001193125-22-287240-index.htm

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