{"id":255083,"date":"2023-10-17T11:22:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T15:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=310685"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:56:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:56:50","slug":"linkedin-lays-off-more-than-650-workers-in-one-shot-to-reduce-costs-while-breaking-profit-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/linkedin-lays-off-more-than-650-workers-in-one-shot-to-reduce-costs-while-breaking-profit-record\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn dismisses over 650 employees at once to &#8220;reduce costs&#8221; while breaking profit records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LinkedIn is cutting its workforce for the second time this year<\/strong>. This time, <strong>up to 668 employees within the company will be laid off<\/strong>, part of what the company describes as a<strong> cost-cutting measure<\/strong>, optimizing its resources to <strong>maximize profits through a smaller workforce<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In plain terms, these layoffs seem to be driven by the desire to make<strong> more money and distribute it among fewer workers<\/strong>. It&#8217;s noteworthy that in 2023, <strong>over 1,200 jobs<\/strong> have been eliminated while the company achieved a <strong>historical record of earnings, totaling $15 billion<\/strong> in the last fiscal year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/10\/16\/23919241\/linkedin-layoff-hundreds-employees-revenue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">as explained by The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/6361243e-9b32-11e6-b17f-00163ec9f5fa\/4117281896\/linkedin-logo\" alt=\"LinkedIn\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">LinkedIn<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Layoffs are soaring in the technology sector<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LinkedIn&#8217;s case is not unique, as there are more companies undergoing mass layoffs. In fact, Microsoft laid off 276 employees last summer, adding to the massive restructuring that led to the dismissal of <strong>over 10,000 workers earlier in 2023<\/strong>. Similarly, Twitter has also significantly <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/now-only-few-people-remain-twitter-resigns-director-confidence-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reduced its workforce<\/a> due to <strong>austerity measures implemented by Elon Musk<\/strong> in a company facing losses and a downward spiral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, LinkedIn has been actively working on <strong>advancing Artificial Intelligence<\/strong>, aiming for increased productivity through these systems, <strong>which could result in the company replacing numerous jobs<\/strong> with AI. Similarly, they are also working on <strong>implementing these tools into the platform&#8217;s user content<\/strong>, following the current trend in technology, which is focused on these systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The challenges for workers in the industry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/is-ai-causing-more-layoffs-than-ever-ibm-is-it-clear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">One of the main threats to employment currently lies in Artificial Intelligence<\/a>. Its <strong>meteoric advancement<\/strong> in recent years has created tools capable of <strong>replacing the work of many employees<\/strong>. Despite being part of the technology sector or other skilled fields, these employees have witnessed their jobs <strong>being eliminated so that Artificial Intelligence can perform those tasks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s not easy to <strong>determine the long-term impact, but in the short term<\/strong>, many <strong>changes are already happening that were previously unimaginable<\/strong>. It remains to be seen whether regulations will be introduced to limit the competencies of Artificial Intelligence, or if companies will continue to have complete freedom to replace human capital <strong>to maximize the benefits from the productivity<\/strong> these systems generate.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/6361243e-9b32-11e6-b17f-00163ec9f5fa\/4117281896\/linkedin-logo\" alt=\"LinkedIn\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">LinkedIn<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn is cutting its workforce for the second time this year. This time, up to 668 employees within the company will be laid off, part of what the company describes as a cost-cutting measure, optimizing its resources to maximize profits through a smaller workforce. In plain terms, these layoffs seem to be driven by the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/linkedin-lays-off-more-than-650-workers-in-one-shot-to-reduce-costs-while-breaking-profit-record\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;LinkedIn dismisses over 650 employees at once to &#8220;reduce costs&#8221; while breaking profit records&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9285,"featured_media":255086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1640],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-255083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-linkedin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317167,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255083\/revisions\/317167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255083"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=255083"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=255083"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=255083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}