LinkedIn is set to lay off 281 employees across California, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing submitted to officials. The move impacts software engineers and staff across multiple office locations, including remote workers.
The Microsoft-owned networking platform will cut 159 positions in Mountain View, 60 in San Francisco, 23 in Sunnyvale, 11 in Carpinteria, and 28 remote roles based in California. A majority of the job losses — 71 in Mountain View — affect software engineering roles, including senior and staff-level engineers.
While LinkedIn has notified affected employees, the company has yet to issue a public statement explaining the decision. The WARN filing, reviewed by SF Gate, outlines only the roles and locations impacted, with no details on internal restructuring plans or financial reasoning behind the move.
This wave of layoffs comes shortly after Microsoft let go of 122 employees in the Bay Area earlier this month, as part of a larger company-wide reduction that reportedly affects around 6,000 workers.
As of now, both LinkedIn and Microsoft have declined to comment further on the layoffs or confirm whether AI automation played a role in the latest job cuts.