π San Francisco, NYC, Chicago β π© 1,000 employees (17%) β π₯ All departments
Last week Yelp, the local business reviews website, became one of the highest-profile tech companies to announce a layoff. The company laid off 1,000 employees (17%) and furloughed another 1,100. Yelp has seen customer interest in restaurants, its most popular category, decline 64% since March 10. See below link πfor an opt-in spreadsheet of employees laid off.
UPDATE: Added a second opt-in spreadsheet of employees laid off, containing primarily engineers.
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