SAN FRANCISCO, California: LinkedIn plans to lay off about five percent of its workforce as the Microsoft-owned professional networking company reorganizes teams and shifts resources toward faster-growing parts of its business, a person familiar with the matter said.

Employees were expected to be informed of the job cuts on May 13, according to two people familiar with the plans.

LinkedIn employs more than 17,500 full-time workers worldwide, according to the company's website. It was not confirmed which teams would be affected.

The layoffs come despite solid business performance. Revenue at LinkedIn, which generates income from recruiting tools and subscription services, rose 12 percent in the most recent quarter compared with a year earlier, according to Microsoft securities filings.

One person familiar with the matter said the layoffs were not intended to replace employees with artificial intelligence.

Even so, concerns about AI-driven disruption continue to loom over the technology sector as companies restructure operations and redirect investment toward AI-related initiatives.

Several technology firms have announced significant job cuts this year. Block, founded by Jack Dorsey, said in February that it planned to eliminate nearly half its workforce.

Cloudflare last week announced plans to cut about 20 percent of its staff, while Meta Platforms is preparing another round of layoffs later this month, Reuters previously reported.

According to Layoffs.fyi, a website that tracks technology-sector job reductions, companies have announced more than 103,000 layoffs so far in 2026.

That figure is approaching the more than 124,000 technology job cuts recorded during all of 2025.

While some executives in the artificial intelligence industry have warned that automation could eliminate jobs, others say AI is changing how people work rather than replacing them outright.

Many software developers in Silicon Valley now use AI tools to help write code and perform repetitive tasks more efficiently.