The Verge eBay is following in the footsteps of Google‚ Discord‚ Twitch‚ Unity‚ and more — by laying off loads of workers this January instead of right before the holidays. The company writes it’s laying off around 1‚000 workers‚ or 9 percent of the company’s full-time employees‚ and that’s just the start: eBay will also lay off an unspecified number of contractors “over the coming months.” Despite reporting profit of $1.3 billion last quarter‚ which it described as “another quarter of solid results‚” eBay today suggests that there is a “Need for Change.” Company president and CEO Jamie Iannone writes that “there is more we can do to ensure our success‚” and argues that eBay should be a “more nimble” company that “makes decisions more quickly” to... Continue reading…