Microsoft's GitHub starts layoffs, and the Indian engineering team is almost eliminated as a whole.

On the morning of March 29, Beijing time, it was reported that the engineering team of Microsoft's code hosting platform GitHub in India had been almost completely laid off.

The company has cut more than 100 jobs in the South Asian market, according to people familiar with the matter.

On Tuesday, local time, GitHub informed employees of the current round of layoffs.

A GitHub spokesman said the layoffs were part of a streamlined team disclosed by the company in February. GitHub has said it will cut about 10 per cent of its workforce by the quarter to the end of March.

"as part of the restructuring plan shared in February, the company made layoffs today as part of a difficult but necessary decision and adjustment aimed at protecting the health of our business in the short term," the spokesman said. and give us the ability to invest in our long-term strategy. "