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微软旗下的LinkedIn宣布将裁员716人，并关闭其以中国为中心的招聘应用。此前，由于全球经济前景疲软，其他主要科技公司一直在裁员。Layoffs.fyi报告称，在过去6个月中，全球有27万个科技工作岗位被裁减，其中仅5月份就有5000个岗位被裁。
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LinkedIn通过广告销售和对招聘和销售人员的订阅收费来赚钱。首席执行官Ryan Roslansky在给员工的信中说，此举旨在精简公司的运营，并为受裁员影响的人创造250个新的就业机会。剩下的中国应用程序InCareer将在8月9日之前逐步淘汰。
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其他大型科技公司也已宣布大幅裁员，亚马逊公司裁员2.7万人，Facebook裁员2.1万人，谷歌母公司Alphabet裁员1.2万人。微软在2016年以约260亿美元的价格收购了LinkedIn，近几个月来宣布裁员约1万人。
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LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, announced that it will be cutting 716 jobs and shutting down its China-focused jobs app. This comes as other major tech companies have been cutting jobs due to a weakening global economic outlook. Layoffs.fyi reports that 270,000 tech jobs have been cut globally in the past six months, with 5,000 of those being cut in May alone.
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LinkedIn makes money through ad sales and charging for subscriptions to recruiting and sales professionals. In a letter to employees, CEO Ryan Roslansky said the move was aimed at streamlining the company’s operations and creating 250 new jobs for those affected by the cuts. The remaining China app, InCareer, will be phased out by Aug. 9.
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Other large tech companies have also announced significant job cuts, with Amazon.com cutting 27,000, Facebook cutting 21,000, and Google parent Alphabet cutting 12,000. Microsoft, which bought LinkedIn for around $26 billion in 2016, has announced some 10,000 job cuts in recent months.