LinkedIn Cuts More Than 600 Workers, About 3 Percent of Workforce

The LinkedIn logo is displayed on the screen of a laptop computer in San Anselmo, Calif., on Jan. 27, 2011. Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—LinkedIn said Monday it is laying off hundreds of employees amounting to about 3 percent of the social media company’s workforce.

The Microsoft-owned career network is cutting about 668 roles across its engineering, product, talent, and finance teams.