The professional social network is owned by Microsoft, which announced earlier this month that it was slashing 3% of its global workforce.

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has announced the layoff of 281 employees across California, becoming the latest in a string of tech giants to reduce headcount amid persistent industry-wide restructuring. The job cuts were confirmed in a recent filing with the state’s employment department,

LinkedIn long associated with career growth and job opportunity, has paradoxically become a source of job losses in California.