First casualty of Trump's win? eBay sacks its product team at Bengaluru

The eBay says it has cut jobs at its centre in Bengaluru in favour of shifting them to other locations around the world


Online marketplace will shut its global development centre in Bengaluru, laying off staff and taking back work to on the day got elected as the 45th President of United States on promise of bringing back jobs home.

Calling it a part of a global restructuring, the says it has cut jobs at its centre in Bengaluru in favour of shifting them to other locations around the world. The will affect only those people working in its global product team, while its analytics and India product support teams will be unaffected.

"As a normal course of business, regularly reviews its operational structure and today we announced some changes to our global product and technology team. As a result, we are reducing our overall technology workforce in Bangalore and shifting work to other global centers around the world," said an spokesperson.

While did not ascertain the exact number of employees affected by the layoff, a person familiar with the development said that 30% of the Bengaluru development center's workforce had been cut.

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