AIRBNB has laid off at least 38 staff in Singapore as part of its move to slash 1,900 employees, or a quarter of its workforce globally, according toThe portal lists the names and LinkedIn profiles of the retrenched employees on an opt-in basis, categorised by location. Affected Singapore employees include executives in customer service, sales, marketing, IT, design and business development roles.that its Singapore headcount stands at about 300.
Airbnb announced the layoffs back on May 5. In a memo to staff, chief executive Brian Chesky said the company needed to rethink its path forward due to the impact of Covid-19 on the global travel market. “While we know Airbnb’s business will fully recover, the changes it will undergo are not temporary or short-lived. Because of this, we need to make more fundamental changes to Airbnb by reducing the size of our workforce around a more focused business strategy,” he said in the memo.