Overview
- LinkedIn, which disclosed the changes Wednesday in a memo from CEO Daniel Shapero, began notifying affected employees in EMEA and APAC through immediate calendar invites.
- The reductions span the Global Business Organization, marketing, engineering and product, with the company declining to confirm a headcount and disputing reports that about 5% of staff are affected.
- LinkedIn said it will scale back marketing campaigns, vendor spending, customer events and underused offices, and it is closing its Graz, Austria office.
- Leaders described the cuts as regular planning to run more profitably and to shift investment toward infrastructure after Microsoft reported a 12% year-over-year revenue gain for LinkedIn last quarter.
- The move fits a 2026 pattern of tech firms trimming staff as Microsoft offers buyouts and pours money into AI-related data centers, a shift that could steer more budget to infrastructure over hiring.