Airbnb trims recruitment staff headcount
US: Airbnb is laying off around 30 per cent of its recruitment staff, impacting around 30 employees, although the company expects to grow its overall workforce in the year ahead.
Airbnb sets revised diversity goals
US: Airbnb says it is going to improve diversity in its ranks because it “is nowhere near satisfied with the status quo”. By the end of 2025, Airbnb is aiming for 20 per cent of its US workforce to be “underrepresented minorities”, up from the current 12 per cent. Its second goal is to increase […]
OYO Vacation Homes discloses hiring strategy in Europe
Europe: Vacation rental company OYO Vacation Homes has announced it will recruit a minimum of 1000 additional employees across Europe by the start of next year. The news follows OYO’s announcement last week that it was committing to invest up to 300 million euros into its vacation rental home business to increase its expanding European […]
Airbnb appoints Hegde to top marketing role
US: Airbnb has appointed former Groupon CMO Vinayak Hegde as lead of global growth marketing. Hegde has nearly two decades of marketing experience at Amazon and more recently, at Groupon, where he was senior vice president and global CMO. he will be based in Airbnb’s new Seattle office. “I’m thrilled for our company and our […]
Airbnb appoints Ann Mather to board
US: Ann Mather has joined Airbnb’s board of directors as its second non-affiliated independent director. A UK national, Mather has experience in financial and risk oversight from her roles as chair of the audit committees of both Alphabet and Netflix. In addition, she served as CFO at Pixar from 1999 to 2004, providing technical financial […]