Tech companies slash hundreds more Bay Area jobs as layoffs persist

PALO ALTO — Tech companies have revealed plans to chop hundreds more jobs in the Bay Area, in an unsettling reminder that the crucial industry’s layoffs have yet to run their course.

SAP America and Checkr, both software companies, have decided to slash 368 jobs in two Bay Area locations, officials notices on file with the state Employment Development Department show.

Here are the details of the latest job cuts, their location, and their proposed timing, based on posts on the EDD’s website:

— Checkr is cutting 260 jobs in San Francisco. Checkr supplies a software platform to conduct background checks on people whom a company may recruit. Checkr reported the layoffs will occur around June 10.

— SAP America is eliminating 108 jobs in Palo Alto, the software company. The SAP filing stated the layoffs are due to take place around June 17.

During 2022, 2023 and so far in 2024, tech companies have revealed plans to eliminate well over 39,000 jobs in the Bay Area.