LinkedIn lays off the entire global events marketing team

New Delhi, Aug 12: As we hear sobbing stories on LinkedIn about employees being fired amid the global meltdown, the Microsoft- owned professional networking platform itself has laid off workers from its global events marketing vertical, the media reported. Accord- ing to an Insider report, LinkedIn has laid off “all the employees on the professional social network’s global events marketing team amid continued economic uncertainty”. According to the report that came out on Thursday, a Linke- dIn spokesperson did not disclose the exact number of employees affected.