Microsoft-owned GitHub has laid off 142 individuals in India, together with the whole employees in its engineering division, individuals conscious of the event stated on Tuesday.
Those affected by the choice have been deployed throughout the corporate’s workplaces in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Delhi.
When contacted, a GitHub spokesperson stated the choice was half of the corporate’s reorganisation plan.
“As part of the reorganisation plan shared in February, workforce reductions were made on Tuesday as part of difficult but necessary decisions and realignments to both protect the health of our business in the short term and grant us the capacity to invest in our long-term strategy moving forward,” the spokesperson stated.
The spokesperson added that the corporate’s focus is to make sure that GitHub is a fully-integrated platform powered by synthetic intelligence (AI) for builders and clients.
“With this focus, we are consolidating certain business operations, some of which happen to be based in India, and it has resulted in role eliminations. We remain committed to serving the Indian market and these changes will not impact our customers and the 10 million (one crore) developers in India who use GitHub daily,” the spokesperson stated.
Microsoft had, in January, introduced that it will lay off round 10,000 workers to align its price construction with revenues.
Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion (roughly Rs. 61,775 crore) in a inventory deal on June 2, 2018.
