LinkedIn is reportedly laying off five percent of its workforce
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LinkedIn is the latest major tech company to announce large‑scale layoffs. According to Reuters, the company is letting around five percent of its workforce go. With more than 17,500 full‑time employees, this translates to roughly 875 positions. A source told Reuters that LinkedIn did not explicitly cite artificial intelligence as a reason for the cuts.
Layoff Scope and Areas Affected
The memo obtained by Business Insider from new CEO Daniel Shapero states that LinkedIn is scaling back investments in several areas, including:
- Marketing campaigns
- Vendor spend
- Customer events
- Underutilized office space
The layoffs will impact employees across the Global Business Organization, marketing, engineering, and product teams.
Organizational Changes
- Office Closure: LinkedIn will close its office in Graz, Austria, as part of the reorganization.
- Spokesperson Comment: “As part of our regular business planning, we’ve implemented organizational changes to best position ourselves for future success,” a LinkedIn spokesperson told Business Insider.
CEO Memo Highlights
“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.
“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. We need to reinvent how we work, with agile teams focused on our highest priorities, and by shifting investments toward areas such as infrastructure to fulfill our mission and vision over the long term.”
Context Within Microsoft
The layoffs come weeks after parent company Microsoft reportedly began offering voluntary buyouts to up to seven percent of its workforce. Microsoft’s most recent earnings report indicated that LinkedIn’s revenue rose by 12 % in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2025.