Israeli Tech Giant Monday.com Cuts 20% of Global Workforce Amid AI-Driven Restructuring
Translated & summarized from Kan News by baba
Monday.com is cutting about 20% of its global workforce, around 620 employees, to restructure around AI-driven product development. The company views AI as a transformative market force and is reallocating resources to focus on growth and innovation. Co-CEOs assured affected employees of support during the transition.
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- Monday.com announces layoffs of approximately 620 employees, about 20% of its global workforce.
- The restructuring aligns with a major product redesign focused on AI-based work solutions.
- AI has changed customer expectations and opened new growth opportunities for the company.
- Changes are strategic reallocations, not short-term cost-cutting or AI efficiency gains.
- Co-CEOs Roy Mann and Eran Zinman promised comprehensive support for affected employees.
- Support includes financial aid, accelerated stock vesting, health coverage, and emotional assistance.
Monday.com, a leading Israeli high-tech company, announced on Thursday a significant workforce reduction affecting approximately 20% of its global employees. The company will lay off around 620 staff members as part of a major organizational restructuring aligned with its new product vision centered on artificial intelligence (AI).
This restructuring follows Monday.com's largest product overhaul in recent months, redesigning its platform to focus on AI-based work solutions. The company stated that AI has fundamentally changed customer expectations and opened new market opportunities, prompting the need to adapt its organizational structure to prioritize speed and performance in this evolving landscape.
Monday.com emphasized that these changes are not short-term cost-cutting measures or efficiency gains from AI but rather a strategic reallocation of resources toward employees, product development, AI engines, and future growth. Co-CEOs Roy Mann and Eran Zinman addressed employees in a letter explaining the rationale behind the layoffs and pledged comprehensive support during the transition, including financial assistance, accelerated stock vesting, continued health coverage, and emotional support.
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