Overview
- Mercado Libre confirmed 119 dismissals across the region, including 32 in Argentina, concentrated in User Experience roles.
- The company says the restructuring aims to create more agile, collaborative UX teams that leverage technology to improve the product.
- Executives characterize the dismissals as a specific measure that does not alter growth plans, noting more than 42,000 jobs created in 2025 and continued recruitment.
- La Nacion reported that affected staff were notified in area-specific group videoconference meetings without a company-wide internal memo.
- New CEO Ariel Szarfsztejn highlights broad AI use across operations, including that roughly 20% of new code is AI-generated.