Recent months have been bad for tech employees as several big companies such as Google Microsoft and IBM have laid off hundreds of employees. In the same row employment-oriented social network LinkedIn is going to lay off as many as 281 employees across California. The decision is going to impact the company reports claimed. The Microsoft-owned professional networking platform has already notified affected employees about the job cuts. The layoffs include 159 roles in Mountain View 60 in San Francisco 23 in Sunnyvale 11 in Carpinteria and 28 remote workers in California. Larger Wave Of Job Reductions This major decision appears to be part of a broader round of job cuts at the parent company Microsoft. It is worth noting that 122 Microsoft employees in the Bay Area were terminated earlier this month as part of the companys plan to reduce its workforce by approximately 6000 jobs overall. In April Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that AI is writing up to 30 percent of the company’s code a major reason behind job cuts. As per WARN filing seen by SF Gate LinkedIn has laid off hundreds of software engineers. in Mountain View alone the company has fired as many as 71 crucial positions across the categories of software engineers including staff and senior titles. Notably this layoff does not include additional specialists working in machine learning DevOps and systems infrastructure. However some of them are also affected. The filing further mentions designations such as desk strategists product managers designers among others are impacted. No Details About The Full Extent Of Layoffs The report doesn’t have details about the full extent of the layoffs by LinkedIn which is headquartered in Sunnyvale and Mountain View with several other offices across the world. Neither LinkedIn nor its parent company Microsoft have commented on the reasons for the job cuts severance packages or the possibility of future layoffs. This contrasts with 2023 when CEO Ryan Roslansky publicly explained a round of 716 job cuts via email. No such public statement has accompanied these latest reductions. LinkedIns website currently lists its full-time employee count as between 18400 and 18500.