After 1,300 layoffs in July, Indeed trims roles again

Online employment platform Indeed has carried out another round of layoffs, cutting what it described as a “very small number” of roles just months after a larger restructuring earlier this year.

Business Insider first reported that the company, which employs around 11,000 people globally, confirmed the latest redundancies this week. Indeed declined to disclose the number of affected employees, saying the move was part of an internal reorganisation.

“To better align our team structure with business priorities, we've reorganised several functions and made the difficult decision to eliminate a very small number of roles,” the company said in a statement quoted by Business Insider.

The latest cuts come roughly four months after Indeed and its sister company Glassdoor—both owned by Japan’s Recruit Holdings—laid off around 1,300 employees in July as part of a broader corporate restructuring. Those earlier reductions mainly affected US-based roles in research, people operations, and sustainability.

At the time, Recruit Holdings and Indeed CEO Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba told employees that the company needed to adapt to fast-moving technological change. “AI is changing the world,” Idekoba wrote in an internal memo seen by Business Insider, adding that the company must “move faster, try new things, and fix what’s broken.”

The company also implemented job cuts in May 2024, eliminating about 1,000 roles—roughly 8% of its workforce then. Taken together, Indeed has reduced its staff by more than 2,000 positions over the past 18 months as it adjusts to shifting market conditions, slower hiring activity, and the increasing influence of artificial intelligence on recruitment platforms.

The broader HR tech sector is entering a consolidation phase, as firms like Indeed, Glassdoor, and LinkedIn pivot towards automation, AI-driven matching tools, and profitability over expansion.

While Indeed described this latest action as limited in scale, the move underscores the company’s ongoing cost discipline and focus on realigning teams around its next phase of AI-enabled hiring solutions.