LinkedIn to lay off over 600 employees, says step is ‘necessary, regular part’ of business

LinkedIn has announced it is eliminating 668 positions in the second round of layoffs at the Sunnyvale-based company this year.

“Talent changes are a difficult, but necessary and regular part of managing our business,” LinkedIn said in a statement posted on its website Monday. “The changes we shared with our team today will result in a reduction of approximately 668 roles across our engineering, product, talent and finance teams.”