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Recruit Holdings Cuts 1,300 Roles and Integrates Glassdoor Into Indeed

By merging Glassdoor into Indeed under new leadership, the company plans to streamline its $300 billion HR technology segment for faster AI integration.

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Employees chat while walking the halls of Glassdoor’s headquarters in San Francisco on April 26, 2022. Job platforms Indeed and Glassdoor will lay off 1,300 employees as parent company Recruit Holdings restructures operations and goes all in on AI.

Overview

  • The layoffs account for about 6% of Recruit’s HR technology workforce and target primarily U.S.-based research, development, growth and people & sustainability teams.
  • Glassdoor CEO Christian Sutherland-Wong will depart on October 1 as the review site’s operations are folded into Indeed.
  • Indeed’s chief people and sustainability officer LaFawn Davis will step down on September 1, with Recruit COO Ayano Senaha set to replace her.
  • CEO Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba said the cuts and merger are needed to build a unified, AI-driven hiring platform offering quicker, more personalized experiences.
  • These moves follow 3,200 job cuts since 2023 and mirror tech-sector shifts at firms like Meta and Microsoft as companies redirect resources toward artificial intelligence.