Restructuring

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring

Restructuring

Set forth below are disclosures relating to restructuring initiatives that resulted in material expenses or cash expenditures during the year ended December 31, 2019, and resulted in material restructuring liabilities at December 31, 2019. Employee retention and certain other employee benefit-related costs related to the Company’s restructuring are expensed ratably over an agreed-upon service period. One-time employee separation and related employee benefit costs are generally expensed as incurred.

In December 2018, the Company announced a reduction of the Company’s workforce by approximately 240 full-time employees, or 24% of its total workforce, of which approximately half were sales personnel as part of the plans to implement a broad-based organizational realignment, cost reduction and efficiency program to better ensure the Company’s cost structure was appropriate given its revenue expectations.

As a result of the December 2018 broad-based organizational realignment, cost reduction and efficiency program, the Company incurred pre-tax charges of $8.5 million and $6.1 million during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The charges related to employee retention and other one-time employee separation benefit-related costs. These charges are included in the cost of sales, research and development, and selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

The liability related to restructuring activities during 2019 are included in accrued compensation in the consolidated balance sheets. Changes to this liability during the year ended December 31, 2019 were as follows (in thousands):

Liability balance as of January 1, 2018	$	—
Expenses	6,055
Cash distributions	(448		)
Liability balance as of December 31, 2018	5,607
Expenses	8,543
Cash distributions	(10,589		)
Liability balance as of December 31, 2019	$	3,561