LinkedIn Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Bay Area and Across the State

LinkedIn cuts 281 workers in California as tech layoffs continue

The professional social network is owned by Microsoft, which announced earlier this month that it was slashing 3% of its global workforce.

LinkedIn cuts hundreds of jobs in Bay Area and across the state

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- LinkedIn, the go-to social network for laid off tech workers, has now added to the growing number of people seeking jobs. The Microsoft-owned job platform is laying off 281 employees statewide, according to a WARN notice filed this week. The job cuts impact 60 people at LinkedIn's San Francisco office at 222 Second Street. About a dozen people at LinkedIn's Carpinteria office also lost their jobs, along with about 50 peop…

Tech companies slash hundreds of Bay Area jobs as hiring slump persists

Tech companies have slashed well over 400 Bay Area jobs in fresh rounds of employment cutbacks that offer an ominous warning that the industry’s downsizing has yet to run its course. All told, three tech companies have disclosed plans to chop an estimated 419 jobs in the Bay Area, according to official WARN letters the firms sent to the state Employment Development Department. LinkedIn, Chegg and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have disclosed their i…

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LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned professional networking platform, is reducing its workforce by 281 employees across several offices in California, according to a recent WARN notice filed this week. The layoffs took effect on May 15 and have impacted four Bay Area locations, with the greatest number of cuts occurring at LinkedIn’s Mountain View office, where 159 employees lost their jobs.  This was followed by reductions at the San Francisco office…