LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, is planning another round of job cuts, with over 600 employees reportedly scheduled to be laid off this summer. Multiple outlets state that the layoffs will primarily affect workers in California. The move follows an earlier reduction in LinkedIn’s global workforce, described as a 5% cut previously reported by one source.
LinkedIn’s rationale, as described in reporting, is that the company needs to “reinvent how we work” while also funding future investments. While the company’s revenue performance is described as growing, it still proceeds with workforce adjustments, indicating that leadership is tying the cuts to longer-term operational and financial priorities rather than immediate revenue decline.
The New York Post characterizes the situation as causing alarm among employees, while the Times of India focuses on the scale and geographic concentration of the cuts. Taken together, the reports describe a scheduled, significant reduction in staffing beginning in summer, with California most affected.
