YouTube cuts 100 employees as tech layoffs continue, ETHRWorld

Google will cut 100 employees at its video platform, YouTube, continuing piecemeal layoffs after shedding more than 1,000 jobs in the past week.

The tech giant Wednesday notified workers from YouTube’s operations and creator management teams that their positions had been eliminated, according to an email reviewed by The New York Times. YouTube, the world’s most popular video service, employed 7,173 people Tuesday, a person with knowledge of the total said.

“We’ve made the decision to eliminate some roles and say goodbye to some of our teammates,” YouTube’s chief business officer, Mary Ellen Coe, wrote in a note to employees at the organization. “Anyone in the Americas” and the Asia-Pacific region “who is or may be impacted will be notified by the end of day today,” the note said.

The layoffs, which were earlier reported by the blog Tubefilter, primarily affect groups of employees who offer support to YouTube’s millions of content creators, two people with knowledge of the cuts said.

Slow recovery
YouTube has struggled to fully recover from an advertising slowdown in the past year and has contended with strong competition from TikTok, the short-video service popular with younger users.

Google has been looking for more than a year for ways…