- Tuesday, June 17, 2025
The worst hit are software engineers, and all the job losses happened in California. Other roles, such as senior product managers and talent account directors, have also been hit
By: India Weekly
PROFESSIONAL networking platform LinkedIn has announced that it has laid off 281 employees in the US, as parent company Microsoft looks to slash 6,000 jobs globally to simplify its organizational structure and accelerate decision making.
All of them are based out of California, and the company confirmed this in a recent filing with California’s Employment Development Department.
The affected employees were informed on May 13, and the worst hit are software engineers.
Other roles, such as senior product managers and talent account directors, were also eliminated.
Many of them took to LinkedIn itself to update their status as “open to work” and posted their latest resumes.
LinkedIn had faced a couple of layoffs in 2023, across divisions such as engineering, talent, finance, sales and other teams.
Back then CEO Ryan Roslansky had issued a personal memo to affected employees, but this time there is no such communication.
This has fueled speculation that LinkedIn may further scale down its current headcount of 18,400 employees.
LinkedIn joins a growing list of tech firms — including Google, Meta, and Autodesk —trimming their headcount in 2025.
While various reasons have been cited by these companies, the most common one is the acceleration of AI deployment and the drive to “streamline operations.”
