Panic in California as LinkedIn announces hundreds of layoffs
LinkedIn has announced plans to lay off over 600 employees, with the majority of cuts occurring in California. The layoffs are set to take effect on July 13, following an internal memo from CEO Daniel Shapero outlining the need for organizational changes. This decision comes despite a recent report of a 12% revenue growth year-over-year for the company.
- ▪606 LinkedIn employees will be laid off, primarily from the Mountain View office.
- ▪The layoffs will take effect on July 13, impacting various departments including Marketing and Engineering.
- ▪LinkedIn's parent company, Microsoft, is also offering buyouts that could affect 7% of its workforce.
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Business Panic in California as LinkedIn announces hundreds of layoffs By Brian Gallagher Published May 19, 2026, 7:25 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Hundreds of LinkedIn employees will be looking for work this summer, with over 600 workers set to be laid off in the months ahead. A new Worker Accounting and Retraining Notification (WARN) report reveals that 606 LinkedIn employees were notified of permanent layoffs last week, which will go into effect on July 13. The bulk of the layoffs (352) come from their Mountain View, California office, with another 66 remote employees in the same city. Another 108 employees were laid off at their San Francisco office, plus another 59 at their Sunnyvale office and 21 in Carpinteria.
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