Indeed, Glassdoor To Lay Off 1,300 Staff

In Brief

Recruit Holdings, nan Japanese genitor of Indeed and Glassdoor, said connected Friday that it is laying disconnected astir 1,300 employees, aliases 6% of nan staff, astatine nan 2 occupation sites.

The occupation cuts would impact functions mostly successful nan U.S. crossed nan 2 companies’ R&D, tech, and HR and sustainability divisions, Reuters reported, citing an soul memo.

Reuters besides reported that nan company’s CEO, Hisayuki Idekoba, wrote successful nan memo: “AI is changing nan world, and we must accommodate by ensuring our merchandise delivers genuinely awesome experiences for occupation seekers and employers.”

Glassdoor’s operations are besides being integrated into Indeed, Reuters reported, adding that Glassdoor’s CEO Christian Sutherland-Wong would time off nan institution connected October 1.

The occupation cuts travel arsenic tech companies crossed nan world rotation backmost their sustainability initiatives and trim jobs to equilibrium retired extended spending connected integrating AI into their businesses. Tens of thousands of group guidelines to suffer jobs astatine Microsoft, TikTok, Match, Intel and Meta, per announcements successful conscionable nan past mates of months.

Indeed and Glassdoor did not instantly return requests for remark extracurricular regular business hours.

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