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Tripadvisor Lays Off 25 Percent of Global Workforce, Closes Some Offices

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Photo Credit: Tripadvisor restructured its operations on April 28, 2020. Pictured, Steve Kaufer, CEO, introduces the new TripAdvisor travel feed, September 17, 2018, in New York City. TripAdvisor

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Tripadvisor isn't immune from the coronavirus travel lockdown in many parts of the world, and it is taking difficult steps to survive the pandemic.

Tripadvisor CEO Steve Kaufer informed employees Tuesday morning in a town hall meeting that the company is reducing its global workforce by 25 percent, including 600 U.S. employees as part of a broader restructuring, Skift has learned. [See the transcript of Kaufer's town hall statement embedded below.] The number of global layoffs was more than 900, including the U.S. job cuts, Tripadvisor confirmed. As part of a rolling process, employees were being informed whether they would be selected for the job cuts, according to sources. Tripadvisor had nearly 4,200 global emp

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