By Frank Sumrall
Publication Date: 2026-05-15 12:55:00
LinkedIn, a social media platform built to help working professionals connect with others, laid off hundreds of employees.
First reported by Bloomberg, LinkedIn, which has been owned by Microsoft since 2016, cut approximately 5% of its 17,000-person workforce. While the Washington Employment Security Department (WARN) has yet to reveal how many Puget Sound-area employees have been affected by the most recent layoffs, several local employees stated they were laid off in posts on LinkedIn, according to The Seattle Times.
LinkedIn has an office in downtown Bellevue.
Less than a month ago, LinkedIn named Chief Operating Officer Daniel Shapero as its newest CEO, succeeding Ryan Roslansky, who remained with LinkedIn’s parent company, Microsoft, as the executive vice president of LinkedIn and Microsoft Office.
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