Laid off from LinkedIn.
LinkedIn filed to cut 606 California employees in May 2026, 352 of them in Mountain View, with the cuts scheduled to take effect July 13. A Microsoft subsidiary that lays off under its own name, filed under its own name.
At a glance
What's known about LinkedIn severance and layoffs
- 606 roles · May 2026 California filings
- 352, plus 66 remote · Mountain View share
- 9, all California · WARN filings since 2025, our tracker
- 19 · All-time filings, our tracker
- Not published · Individual severance terms
- At least 10 weeks, health coverage a year · Terms announced in the 2020 round
- $19.8 billion, up from $17.8 billion · LinkedIn revenue, year to June 2026
Recent LinkedIn layoffs
606 California roles, effective July 13
LinkedIn's May 2026 filings with the state covered 606 California employees, 352 in Mountain View plus San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Carpinteria and remote staff, scheduled to take effect July 13. Within days a plaintiff firm said it was examining the Mountain View notice against the 60-day requirement.
Previous rounds
LinkedIn layoff history
If you were one of the 606 people covered by LinkedIn's May 2026 California filings, the state lists July 13 as the effective date, and the paperwork carries more detail than anything the company said out loud. The filings split the round across four sites plus remote staff, 352 in Mountain View, 66 remote workers tied to that office, 108 in San Francisco, 59 in Sunnyvale and 21 in Carpinteria. The company's public statement described organizational changes made as part of regular business planning and named no figure at all.
That round was LinkedIn's own, announced in a memo from chief executive Daniel Shapero that put the cuts across the Global Business Organization, marketing, engineering and product worldwide. The distinction matters when you read coverage, because LinkedIn files its notices as LinkedIn Corporation and our tracker holds 19 of them all time, 9 since the start of 2025 covering 887 jobs, every one in California. Some rounds line up with the parent and some don't. Microsoft counted LinkedIn staff inside the 10,000 layoffs it announced for 2023, and its roughly 6,000-person reduction in May 2025 reached LinkedIn workers. The rounds LinkedIn announced itself in 2023 came to 1,384 across the two it sized, 716 in May with the China app phased out and 668 in October. A third that year, in February, was confirmed as cuts to the talent acquisition team and never given a number.
The parent's filings show why a state form ends up doing this much work. Microsoft reports LinkedIn as one product line among several, and its 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2026 put LinkedIn revenue at $19.8 billion, against $17.8 billion the year before, with no headcount beside it. Microsoft had said in April 2026 that LinkedIn revenue rose 12% year over year in the quarter ending March 31, weeks before the California notices went in. Since the 2016 acquisition the business has been much less transparent about its finances and operating metrics, and the parent still picks who runs it, which leaves a California form as the clearest public count of who lost a job.
Severance is where the record gets thin, and it's worth knowing exactly how thin. In the reporting we track, LinkedIn attached figures to a package once, in 2020, when Ryan Roslansky, then the chief executive, said U.S. employees losing one of about 960 roles would get at least 10 weeks of pay and health insurance for a year. No round since has carried a number in that reporting. In May 2023 the company named categories only, severance pay, continuing health coverage and career transition services. When SFGATE asked about severance plans for the 2025 round, neither LinkedIn nor Microsoft answered, and there are no terms on record for 2026. The individual agreement is what actually governs, so the figures deciding your year are the ones printed in yours.
California's WARN rules are what these filings were made under, and two pieces of them are worth holding your own paperwork against. The state sets a 60-day minimum on written notice ahead of a mass layoff, and that notice has to land with you, the Employment Development Department, whichever workforce board covers your area, and the elected official heading the local government there. That 60-day rule is the one a plaintiff firm said in May 2026 it was examining the Mountain View notice against, which is an allegation stage and nothing more. Separately, from 2026 a California notice also has to describe the help on offer, say whether that board is involved, and name the services you can actually use. Compare the date you were told with the dates the filings carry. In 2025 employees were notified on May 13 and the filings our tracker holds are dated May 27, and the clock that matters to you starts at your own notice.
Reporting on previous LinkedIn layoff rounds
May 2026 · 606 California roles across four sites plus remote staff tied to Mountain View, scheduled to take effect July 13, inside a worldwide round Reuters put at about 5% of the company
Terms not published. A plaintiff firm is examining the Mountain View notice against the 60-day notice rule.
2025 · A 281-role May 2025 round across four California sites and remote staff, with the filings in our tracker, alongside Microsoft cutting about 6,000 people
Terms not published. Neither company answered questions about severance plans.
2023 · Three rounds. An unsized February cut to the talent acquisition team, 716 roles in May as the China app was phased out, and 668 in October, most of them in research and development
For the May round, severance pay, continuing health coverage and career transition services for U.S. staff, with no amounts published. Nothing in the reporting we track sets terms for the February or October rounds.
2020 · About 960 roles, 6% of the workforce, across Global Sales and Talent Acquisition
At least 10 weeks of pay and a year of health insurance for U.S. employees, attributed to Ryan Roslansky, then chief executive.
How LinkedIn's layoffs compare to other companies
LinkedIn is the clearest example of why subsidiary pages exist. Its employees are hired by LinkedIn, cut by LinkedIn, and filed under LinkedIn Corporation, while corporate coverage files the story under Microsoft. If you worked here, this page's filings are yours; the parent's restructuring context lives on our Microsoft page.
What to do after being laid off from LinkedIn
- File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. LinkedIn's biggest hubs: California. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
- Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what LinkedIn's hub states run: California, and every other state is here.
- Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
- Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
- Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.
LinkedIn layoff and severance questions
What severance does LinkedIn pay in layoffs?
There's no published formula. In the reporting we track, 2020 is the only round where LinkedIn attached figures to a package, when Ryan Roslansky, then the chief executive, said U.S. employees would get at least 10 weeks of pay and health insurance for a year. That described that round and carries nothing forward. For May 2023 the company named categories only, severance pay, continuing health coverage and career transition services for U.S. staff, without amounts. When SFGATE asked about severance plans for the 2025 round, neither LinkedIn nor Microsoft answered, and there are no terms on record for 2026. Only the agreement you were handed decides your case, so read it for the terms and the deadlines it actually sets.
Are LinkedIn layoffs part of Microsoft's layoffs?
Sometimes, and the record says which. Microsoft counted LinkedIn staff inside the 10,000 layoffs it announced for 2023, and its roughly 6,000-person reduction in May 2025 reached LinkedIn workers too. Beyond those two, the reporting we track doesn't say how Microsoft counted any particular LinkedIn round, so the filing is worth more to you than the parent's headline number. The corporate structure is easier to state. Microsoft named Dan Shapero chief executive of its LinkedIn division in April 2026, and he reports to Ryan Roslansky, who oversees LinkedIn and Microsoft Office.
How many people did LinkedIn lay off in 2026?
In California, 606. That's what the May 2026 filings covered, scheduled to take effect July 13, and our tracker holds 5 filings for 2026 carrying those 606 jobs. Reuters reported the worldwide round at about 5% of the company, which the San Francisco Chronicle worked out as roughly 875 jobs against a reported headcount near 17,500. LinkedIn published no worldwide total of its own.
Did LinkedIn give 60 days' notice for the July 2026 layoffs?
That's open. A plaintiff firm said in May 2026 it was looking into the question, after LinkedIn told the state it would carry out a mass layoff in Mountain View affecting 352 people. An investigation is an allegation stage, not a finding, and nothing on record settles it either way. The rule itself is 60 days of written notice ahead of a mass layoff, and it has to reach you as well as the state, your regional workforce board, and the official elected to lead the local government where the job sat. Check the date on the notice you were handed rather than the date the state filing carries, because they aren't always the same.
When do I update my LinkedIn profile after a LinkedIn layoff?
On your schedule, once your separation date and story are settled, the same advice we give everyone. Our article on updating LinkedIn after a layoff covers the timing and framing, and it applies whether or not the company that cut you is this one.
Where do I file for unemployment after being laid off from LinkedIn?
In the state where you worked, not where the company is headquartered. LinkedIn's biggest U.S. hubs are California. Severance usually doesn't block you from filing, and benefits run from your filing date, so file the same week.
Is it OK to file for unemployment after a layoff at LinkedIn?
Yes. Unemployment insurance is funded by payroll taxes employers pay on wages, the claim never appears on credit reports or background checks, and future employers cannot see it. If the hesitation itself is the obstacle, whether filing is OK has its own article.
What happens to my health insurance after a layoff at LinkedIn?
Your plan sets the end date rather than the law, so the separation packet is where that date actually lives, and it is often the last day of the month rather than your last day of work. After coverage ends, COBRA lets you keep the identical plan by paying the whole premium yourself, up to 102 percent of what the plan really costs, which lands as several times the payroll deduction you were used to. You get 60 days to elect, counted from the later of coverage ending or the election notice arriving, and electing reaches the coverage back to the day the old plan stopped so no gap exists. How continuation coverage works walks the timing, and whether to take it rather than a marketplace plan is a separate decision.
Should I sign the severance agreement right away?
First pin down how much review time you actually have. If you're 40 or older, federal law gives you 21 days to consider an agreement that waives age claims, 45 in a group layoff, and a waiver signed under a shorter deadline can be invalid. If you're under 40, no federal window applies and the deadline in your packet may be real, so confirm it in writing and ask for more time if you need it. Use whatever window you have to read the release terms, especially non-disparagement and no-lawsuit clauses, and don't stall past a real deadline, because offers can be withdrawn.
Can I collect unemployment if I got severance from LinkedIn?
Usually yes, though some states delay benefits until severance pay periods end, and lump sums are treated differently than salary continuation. Check your state's rules on our state benefit pages, and file immediately either way so your claim date is locked in.