Internet commerce company eBay’s plan to cut 2,400 jobs
or 7 per cent of its workforce across the globe will also affect its
Indian operations, the company said.
“All regions,
including India, will be impacted, including all eBay India and PayPal,”
eBay India spokesperson said in an email response. However, he refused
to share the quantum of job cuts in India.
The firm
has two development centres- one in Chennai and another in Bengaluru.
Both these house about 2,800 employees doing work for both eBay and
payments firm Paypal.
While sources put the quantum
of job cuts in India at about 1,000 employees, eBay spokesperson said
that would be incorrect, without sharing the specifics.
“The global job cuts involve eBay marketplaces, eBay enterprise and PayPal,” he added.
eBay
is in the process of spinning off Paypal into a separate firm, which is
expected to be completed in the second-half of 2015. The firm is also
mulling spin off its enterprise unit.
Last year,
Yahoo laid off 400 employees at its Bengaluru unit, accounting for 3 per
cent of its total worldwide. However, this accounted for one third of
its staff in Bengaluru, an office that focused on technology,
operations, support and engineering.
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