<p>Salesforce is laying off about 700 employees, or roughly 1 per cent of its global workforce, the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> reported on Friday, in the latest round of job cuts to hit the tech industry.</p>.<p>However, the report added that Salesforce still has 1,000 jobs open across the company, implying that the move could be more of a routine adjusting of the company's workforce, the report said, citing a source.</p>.<p>The job cuts follow a wave of US tech layoffs after the industry hired heavily during the pandemic, including among behemoths such as Amazon and Google.</p>.<p>Salesforce did not respond to a Reuters request for comment on the report.</p>.Musk's Starlink broadband licence for India facing delay, Verizon case to be blamed: Report.<p>Earlier this week, eBay announced it would cut about 1,000 roles, or an estimated 9 per cent of its current workforce, while Microsoft said it would let go of 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox.</p>.<p>Salesforce has already trimmed its workforce last year, when it cut jobs by 10 per cent and closed some offices, after rapid pandemic hiring left it with a bloated workforce.</p>.<p>The workforce trimming helped the company's earnings leading it to report a rise in second and third quarter revenue and raising its annual profit forecast.</p>.<p>Salesforce also said in September that it would hire more than 3,000 people after cutting jobs in January last year to drive up margins.</p>
<p>Salesforce is laying off about 700 employees, or roughly 1 per cent of its global workforce, the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> reported on Friday, in the latest round of job cuts to hit the tech industry.</p>.<p>However, the report added that Salesforce still has 1,000 jobs open across the company, implying that the move could be more of a routine adjusting of the company's workforce, the report said, citing a source.</p>.<p>The job cuts follow a wave of US tech layoffs after the industry hired heavily during the pandemic, including among behemoths such as Amazon and Google.</p>.<p>Salesforce did not respond to a Reuters request for comment on the report.</p>.Musk's Starlink broadband licence for India facing delay, Verizon case to be blamed: Report.<p>Earlier this week, eBay announced it would cut about 1,000 roles, or an estimated 9 per cent of its current workforce, while Microsoft said it would let go of 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox.</p>.<p>Salesforce has already trimmed its workforce last year, when it cut jobs by 10 per cent and closed some offices, after rapid pandemic hiring left it with a bloated workforce.</p>.<p>The workforce trimming helped the company's earnings leading it to report a rise in second and third quarter revenue and raising its annual profit forecast.</p>.<p>Salesforce also said in September that it would hire more than 3,000 people after cutting jobs in January last year to drive up margins.</p>