LinkedIn Layoffs Hit Sunnyvale Tech Jobs

LinkedIn has filed California layoff notices covering 606 jobs, with 59 of the positions tied to Sunnyvale and most of the rest concentrated in Mountain View and San Francisco. The notices were reported this week from filings made to the California Employment Development Department, which requires advance disclosure of qualifying mass layoffs. The cuts are scheduled to take effect on July 13, according to those reports. LinkedIn’s latest reductions follow an internal memo from Chief Executive Daniel Shapero outlining a restructuring across parts of the business. ### Which Bay Area offices were hit, and how hard? California filings reported by SFGATE and other outlets show 352 layoffs in Mountain View, 108 in San Francisco, 59 in Sunnyvale, 21 in Carpinteria and 66 remote workers in California tied to Mountain View. Those figures add up to the 606 jobs disclosed in the state notices. Sunnyvale is a smaller piece of the total than Mountain View, but the filing shows the cuts were not limited to one campus. (sfgate.com) The distribution matters because it places affected workers across several Bay Area hiring pools at the same time, rather than in a single office. That geographic breakdown comes directly from the WARN reporting cited by local and regional news organizations. ### What did LinkedIn say internally before the WARN filing surfaced? Daniel Shapero told employees earlier in May that LinkedIn needed to “reinvent how we work,” according to reports on a memo viewed by Business Insider and cited by other publications. In that memo, Shapero said the company would organize around more agile teams and shift investment toward areas including infrastructure. (sfgate.com) The memo also said affected roles would come from the Global Business Organization, marketing, engineering and product teams, according to those reports. Separate coverage said LinkedIn was also reducing spending on vendors, events and some office space as part of the same effort. ### Are these Sunnyvale cuts part of a bigger workforce move? (businessinsider.com) LinkedIn’s California notice appears to be the local expression of a broader restructuring announced this month. Multiple reports tied the state filings to a company move affecting about 5% of LinkedIn’s workforce, or roughly 875 jobs globally, based on a headcount of about 17,500 employees. (finance.yahoo.com) Microsoft, LinkedIn’s parent, said last month that LinkedIn revenue rose 12% year over year in the quarter ended March 31, according to reports that cited the company’s latest results. Those same reports said the layoffs came as LinkedIn redirected resources toward infrastructure and profitability targets identified by management. (finance.yahoo.com) ### What do the WARN notices actually tell workers and the public? California’s WARN framework requires covered employers to give at least 60 days’ notice before a mass layoff, plant closure or relocation, according to the Employment Development Department. The state says notices must go to affected employees, the EDD, the local workforce area and the chief elected official in each affected city and county. (finance.yahoo.com) That means the filing is not just a headline number. It is also a dated public record showing where layoffs are expected, how many workers are involved and when the action is set to begin. In this case, the date listed in news reports based on the filing is July 13. ### What happens next for the workers affected in Sunnyvale and elsewhere? (edd.ca.gov) July 13 is the effective date cited in reports on the LinkedIn WARN notices, so that is the next concrete milestone for the California cuts. Between now and then, workers, local officials and recruiters will be watching whether the company amends the filings or issues additional notices. (finance.yahoo.com) California EDD WARN records remain the main public source for any update to the layoff count, locations or timing. LinkedIn employees in Sunnyvale, Mountain View, San Francisco and Carpinteria would typically look there, along with company communications, for the next formal change in status. (edd.ca.gov) (finance.yahoo.com)