Airbnb lays off some of its recruiting staff

Home rental steadfast Airbnb laid disconnected immoderate of its recruiting unit this week, a institution spokesperson said connected Friday, noting that it's not an denotation of much wide layoffs.

The decision, archetypal reported by Bloomberg News, affected little than 0.4% of the San Francisco-based company's full workforce of astir 6,800, the spokesperson said.

"We've go a leaner and much focused institution implicit the past 3 years," an Airbnb spokesperson said successful a statement, adding that the institution expects to turn its headcount this year.

The institution said successful February it expects headcount maturation successful the scope of 2% to 4% successful 2023, compared with 11% maturation past year.

In 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Airbnb laid disconnected 25% of its workforce, oregon astir 1,900 employees, aft its concern was deed hard arsenic planetary question came to a standstill.