"LinkedIn is planning on gutting 606 California jobs in July, the majority of which will come from its Bay Area workforce. The Microsoft-owned company announced new layoffs in a WARN notice filed Friday with the California Employment Development Department. The document, obtained by SFGATE, reveals LinkedIn is parting ways with 352 employees in Mountain View, 108 in San Francisco, 59 in Sunnyvale, 21 in Carpinteria and 66 remote workers living in California."
"According to the company's WARN filing, of the 606 total cuts, at least 519 apply to Bay Area employees, largely those in engineering roles. It's similar to LinkedIn's last round of layoffs nearly a year ago, which eliminated 281 California employees, also mainly engineers. In a statement sent to SFGATE on Tuesday, LinkedIn spokesperson Leonna Spilman referred to the layoffs as "organizational changes" to set the company up for "future success.""
"CEO Daniel Shapero announced LinkedIn would be "scaling back investments" and reducing roles in its global business organization, marketing, engineering and product sectors. "Economic opportunity is one of the societal issues of our time, and LinkedIn has been and will continue to be the platform that professionals and companies turn to as they navigate the changing world of work," Shapero wrote in a May 13 memo to employees. "For us to meet this moment, we must ready ourselves to deliver a step change in impact across our products, businesses, and platforms, while continuing to operate more profitably.""
LinkedIn, a Microsoft-owned company, plans to eliminate 606 jobs in California in July, with most cuts affecting Bay Area employees. A WARN notice filed with the California Employment Development Department lists 352 layoffs in Mountain View, 108 in San Francisco, 59 in Sunnyvale, 21 in Carpinteria, and 66 remote workers in California. The reductions target roles across global business organization, marketing, engineering, and product areas, with at least 519 of the cuts tied to Bay Area employees, largely engineering positions. The company previously reduced 281 California jobs nearly a year earlier, also mainly engineers. LinkedIn describes the layoffs as organizational changes intended to position the company for future success and greater profitability, while internal memos point to AI integration as a motivator.
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