LinkedIn lays off hundreds of employees for the second time this year

LinkedIn is laying off about 668 employees across various teams, the Microsoft-owned company announced on Monday.

LinkedIn, for its part, is growing. Its revenue surpassed $15 billion for the first time the last fiscal year. And there have been numerous headlines recently about its resurgence. Take, for example, this story in the Financial Times from this past weekend with the headline “Influencers and CEOs take their brands to LinkedIn.”