The audio company is going through the most difficult period it has ever faced. Interim CEO Tom Conrad believes getting smaller and more focused is the way forward.

Audio manufacturer Sonos laid off 200 employees Wednesday. The layoffs come weeks after its CEO was removed and a controller app update went awry last year.

Sonos, the well-known audio brand, is cutting 200 jobs as part of a company-wide restructuring efforts. CEO Tom Conrad announced the layoffs during an internal call and later followed up with an email to staff,

Sonos said it will reorganise its product organisation into separate groups for hardware, software, design, quality and operations, and move away from dedicated business units devoted to individual product categories.

Sonos announced that it has laid off 200 people in a letter posted to its site Wednesday. The news follows a 100-person layoff in August. Both rounds

Layoffs at Sonos epitomize its bad year. Time will tell if the restructuring can help the company regain its direction.