eBay announces the layoff of 1,000 workers
The company reported that it will lay off 9% of its staff. In addition, it assured that they "plan to scale back the number of contracts we have within our alternate workforce over the coming months."
eBay announced this Tuesday the layoff of nearly 1,000 workers. The company reported that it will lay off 9% of its workforce. In addition, the multinational assured that they "plan to scale back the number of contracts we have within our alternate workforce over the coming months." This was stated on the corporate blog by the company's CEO, Jamie Iannone:
eBay requests teleworking to notify employees of layoffs
As reported by Iannone, they will contact the people affected by this measure via Zoom this Wednesday to notify them of the termination of their contract. For this reason, the company's board of directors asked all workers at the different headquarters located in the United States to work from home so as to "provide some space and privacy for these conversations":
The decision comes in the midst of the crisis that technology companies are experiencing and which has caused, so far this year alone, layoffs.fyi points out, a total of 13,242 people to have lost their jobs in 72 digital companies.