Overview
- eBay confirmed roughly 800 layoffs worldwide, equal to about 6 percent of its global workforce.
- California EDD WARN notices show 271 Bay Area roles were eliminated effective February 25, including 243 in San Jose and 28 in San Francisco.
- The company frames the move as reallocating resources to strategic priorities such as artificial intelligence after rolling out internal AI tools and partnering with OpenAI.
- Executives said choices targeted areas of duplication and long‑term operating alignment rather than individual performance.
- The announcement follows eBay’s plan to buy Depop from Etsy for about $1.2 billion in cash, as WARN filings tally 949 Bay Area job losses across four rounds since 2020.