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eBay is cutting 1,000 roles, about 9% of its full-time employees, the company’s CEO announced online Tuesday.

The company also plans to scale back its contracts with its “alternate workforce” in the coming months.

CEO Jamie Iannone cited the “challenging macroeconomic environment” as an external pressure but added that there are factors the company can control.

“While we are making progress against our strategy, our overall headcount and expenses have outpaced the growth of our business. To address this, we’re implementing organizational changes that align and consolidate certain teams to improve the end-to-end experience, and better meet the needs of our customers around the world,” the note said.

Iannone requested US employees work from home on January 24th “to provide space and privacy for these conversations.” He said employees would be notified if they were laid off by their leader over Zoom.

“We’re committed to treating everyone with respect and empathy through this transition and providing impacted employees with support and resources,” Iannone said.

The eBay action is the latest round of layoffs to hit the tech industry in the first month of 2024, after an already difficult 2023 for the sector. This month, Google CEO Sundar Pichai warned employees to expect additional layoffs in the months to come as the tech giant reorients itself toward artificial intelligence “and beyond.” Duolingo laid off around 10% of its contract workers as it moves to rely more heavily on artificial intelligence. Amazon also cut hundreds of jobs, including at streaming platform Twitch.

Almost 11,000 tech employees have been laid off at 63 companies so far in 2024, according to data from layoffs.fyi.

article from CNN:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/23/business/ebay-layoffs/index.html

米ネット競売大手イーベイのイアンノーネ最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）は２３日、正社員の約９％に相当する１０００人の人員を削減すると発表した。

さらに、今後数カ月間で臨時社員との契約も縮小する。

イアンノーネ氏は厳しい外部要因としてマクロ経済環境を挙げたが、同社自体が制御できる要因もあると指摘。全体の従業員数やコストの増大が事業の成長を上回っているという問題に対処するため、組織改革を実施していると説明した。

同氏は米国内の従業員に対し、２４日はプライバシー尊重のために在宅で勤務するよう要請した。解雇対象になるかどうかは、オンライン会議システム「Ｚｏｏｍ（ズーム）」を通して上司から個別に通知されるという。

米ＩＴ業界では昨年に続き、今年に入ってからも人員削減の動きが相次いでいる。グーグルのピチャイＣＥＯは、ＡＩ（人工知能）分野へ重点を移す方針に基づき、今後数カ月間でさらなる人員削減を予定していると述べた。

語学アプリのデュオリンゴはＡＩの活用にともない、契約社員の約１０％を解雇。アマゾンもライブ配信サービス「ツイッチ」などで数百人を削減した。

年明けからこれまでに、ＩＴ業界の６３社で計１万１０００人近い従業員が解雇されている。

引用元：CNN
https://www.cnn.co.jp/tech/35214315.html