Talk about total elimination. LinkedIn has cut back entirely on its events marketing team, joining a number of other tech companies that are laying off staff and slowing down hiring.
As stated in posts on LinkedIn, this new staff cutback has additionally affected contracted recruiters across different locations.
This news comes as Microsoft, the parent organization of the professional social network, laid off some 1800 representatives in July 2022. Soon after, around 200 employees in the Modern Life Experiences team left.
They have been told to find another role at the company within 2 months.
But while we don’t have an idea of the exact number of people impacted by LinkedIn’s downsizing, we do know that the laid-off staff is from the social network’s worldwide event marketing vertical.
The entire team is being encouraged to apply for positions on a new team focused on creating virtual, in-person, and hybrid experiences.
This Business Insider report has more detail on these layoffs. The combined cutbacks at Microsoft impact almost 1% of the software titan’s overall strength of 180,000. The company has also slowed down future recruitments in Office, Windows, and Teams until the dust clears.
