GitHub is laying off 142 employees in India and the entire engineering team
New Delhi, March 28: Microsoft-owned GitHub has laid off 142 people in India, including the entire staff of its engineering division, people familiar with the development said on Tuesday.
The targeted individuals were posted to the company’s offices in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Delhi.
When contacted, a GitHub spokesperson said the decision was part of the company’s restructuring plan.
“As part of the restructuring plan shared in February, the staff reductions were made on Tuesday as part of difficult but necessary decisions and restructuring, both to protect the health of our business in the short term and to allow us to invest in the long term. The strategy is moving forward,” the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson added that the company’s goal is to ensure that GitHub is a fully integrated artificial intelligence (AI) platform for developers and customers.
“With this focus, we are centralizing certain businesses, some of which happen to be in India, and it has led to role eliminations. We remain committed to serving the Indian market and these changes will not affect our customers and the 10 million (one crore) developers in India who use GitHub every day,” a spokesperson said. said.
Microsoft announced in January that it would lay off about 10,000 workers to align its cost structure with revenue.
Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion in a stock deal on June 2, 2018. PTI PRS RC
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