A business representative said Friday that Airbnb Inc (ABNB.O) cut off some recruitment personnel this week, but it doesn’t indicate a wider layoff.
A spokeswoman for the San Francisco-based business claimed the Bloomberg News-reported decision affected fewer than 0.4% of its 6,800 employees.
“We’ve become a smaller and more focused firm over the previous three years,” an Airbnb representative said, adding that the company plans to boost its staff this year.
Compared to an 11% increase last year, the business predicts workforce growth of 2% to 4% in 2023.
With worldwide travel halted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Airbnb laid off 25% of its workforce or almost 1,900 people.
