## Indeed and Glassdoor Lay Off 1,300 Staff Amid AI Push **Report Provider:** TechCrunch **Author:** Ram Iyer **Date:** July 11, 2025 ### Key Findings: * **Recruit Holdings**, the parent company of job platforms **Indeed** and **Glassdoor**, is implementing a significant restructuring that will result in the layoff of approximately **1,300 employees**. * This reduction in workforce is primarily driven by the **integration of Glassdoor's operations within Indeed** and a strategic pivot towards **increasing the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)**. * The job cuts are expected to affect functions mainly in the **U.S.**, specifically within the **R&D, tech, and HR and sustainability divisions** of both companies. However, an internal memo indicates that **all functions across all countries will be affected**. * The layoffs represent **6% of Recruit's HR technology division**. ### Strategic Rationale and AI Focus: * Recruit Holdings CEO, **Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba**, stated that the company is focusing on "simplifying hiring by building a better job seeker and employer experience using AI." * He emphasized that "AI is changing the world, and we must adapt by ensuring our product delivers truly great experiences for job seekers and employers." * The company highlighted internal figures suggesting that AI helps people find a job **every 2.2 seconds**. ### Leadership Changes: * As part of the restructuring, **Christian Sutherland-Wong**, the current CEO of Glassdoor, will be leaving the company on **October 1**. * **LaFawn Davis**, chief people and sustainability officer at Indeed, is also departing. ### Broader Industry Trend: * These layoffs at Indeed and Glassdoor align with a wider trend in the tech industry, where companies are **rolling back sustainability initiatives and cutting jobs** to offset extensive spending on AI integration. * The news cites other major tech companies like **Microsoft, TikTok, Match, Intel, and Meta** that have announced significant job cuts in recent months.
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Read original at TechCrunch →Recruit Holdings, the Japanese parent of Indeed and Glassdoor, said on Friday it is laying off about 1,300 employees at the two companies. The layoffs are part of a broader restructuring that involves Glassdoor’s operations being integrated within Indeed, and an increasing focus on using AI.The job cuts would affect functions mostly in the U.
S. across the two companies’ R&D, tech, and HR and sustainability divisions, though all functions across all countries will be affected, according to an internal memo by CEO, Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba, seen by TechCrunch. The cuts would affect 6% of Recruit’s HR technology division.Highlighting internal figures that AI helps people find a job every 2.
2 seconds, the company said in a statement that it is focusing on “simplifying hiring by building a better job seeker and employer experience using AI.”“AI is changing the world, and we must adapt by ensuring our product delivers truly great experiences for job seekers and employers,” Idekoba wrote in the memo.
As part of the restructuring, Glassdoor’s current CEO, Christian Sutherland-Wong, is leaving the company on October 1. LaFawn Davis, chief people and sustainability officer at Indeed, is also leaving the company.The job cuts come as tech companies across the world roll back their sustainability initiatives and cut jobs to balance out extensive spending on integrating AI into their businesses.
Tens of thousands of people stand to lose jobs at Microsoft, TikTok, Match, Intel, and Meta, per announcements in just the past couple of months.Updated with additional details from the company memo.Ram is a financial and tech reporter and editor. He covered North American and European M&A, equity, regulatory news and debt markets at Reuters and Acuris Global, and has also written about travel, tourism, entertainment and books.
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