LinkedIn layoffs update. The company has now confirmed 606 permanent cuts in California. Behind every number is someone who helped build the platform that built so many careers. Their contribution deserves to be named, not buried in a filing 👇
I have a soft spot in my heart for this company, the employees of this company. I hope everybody lands on their feet.
They also seem to have quietly cut the complimentary LinkedIn Premium for ex-LinkedIners (i'm hoping it's not just me!), which feels unnecessarily tight-fisted and not in the culture of the company/community that Daniel Shapero helped to build.
Well said, Jean! I read your piece, and the part with "numbers can explain a strategy, they cannot explain a life interrupted" says everything. Wishing everyone affected a landing that matches what they built.