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Recruit Holdings Launches 1,300-Job Cut at Indeed and Glassdoor to Accelerate AI Integration

Notifications to about 1,300 US staff signal a deeper integration of Glassdoor into Indeed with new leaders stepping in to drive AI-powered hiring improvements.

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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

  • Recruit Holdings has begun notifying around 1,300 employees, or about 6% of its HR technology workforce, with reductions concentrated in US research and development, growth and people and sustainability teams.
  • Glassdoor’s operations will be merged into Indeed to eliminate overlap and create a unified hiring platform for job seekers and employers.
  • Glassdoor CEO Christian Sutherland-Wong will depart on October 1 and Indeed Chief People Officer LaFawn Davis will step down on September 1, to be succeeded by Ayano Senaha.
  • CEO Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba says the restructuring is intended to simplify operations and speed the rollout of AI-driven features across Recruit’s HR technology services.
  • This marks the third round of layoffs since 2023 as Recruit shifts its multiyear restructuring toward automation in its over $300 billion HR tech segment.