UKG Layoff: More than half of this year has passed but the sword of layoffs has not stopped yet. This time its blow has fallen on the employees of UKG. This multinational software company has laid off about 2220 employees on Wednesday. The company’s CEO Chris Todd said that the size of the workforce has been reduced by about 14 percent.
UKG Layoff: More than half of this year has passed but the sword of layoffs has not stopped yet. This time its blow has fallen on the employees of UKG. This multinational software company has laid off about 2220 employees on Wednesday. The company’s CEO Chris Todd said that the size of the workforce has been reduced by about 14 percent. Apart from this, some employees of the company also revealed about this layoff on the social media platform LinkedIn. According to the data available till the end of last month, before the layoff, it had 15,882 employees. It is located in Massachusetts and is among the largest software developers.
What did existing employees and company spokesperson say?
A senior project manager working at UKG wrote in a LinkedIn post that today several employees of UKG have been laid off. This is a challenging time for those who have been laid off, and it is important that everyone comes together as a community to support each other. Regarding this, a company spokesperson said that the company’s structure is changing. Its focus is now on key areas for growth and long-term strategy. The layoffs will help the company to put its resources in a new direction and invest in key areas of product innovation.
Last year too there was layoff in UKG
In his e-mail, the CEO of the company said that earlier the layoffs were to be done in the next week but when there was a lot of talk about it and there was a lot of discussion within the company, it was decided to announce it today itself. This is not the first time that there has been a layoff in UKG. Earlier last year in 2023, the company had reduced its global workforce by 1.7 percent and at that time the company had laid off 265 employees from all over the world. This time the layoffs have happened only in America.