EBay Cuts WorkforceEBay Cuts Workforce

<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=networking_and_internet&articleId=9070579&taxonomyId=16">Computerworld</a>, <a href="http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y08/m01/i23/s01">Auction Bytes</a>

Jim Manico, OWASP Global Board Member

March 24, 2008

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As part of a move to streamline operations, EBay has laid off 125 employees -- 70 of whom work at the company's headquarters in San Jose, Calif. Cuts also affected positions in Europe.EBay had little to say about the layoffs, other than a company reorganization being the catalyst, not to cut costs. The layoffs, coming just a few weeks before John Donahoe takes over for retiring EBay CEO Meg Whitman, amount to less than 1 percent of the company's total workforce.

The cuts shouldn't come as a total surprise. In late January, some Wall Street analysts predicted a modest reduction in headcount at EBay "in an effort to manage profitability."Computerworld, Auction Bytes

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Jim Manico

OWASP Global Board Member

Jim Manico is a Global Board Member for the OWASP foundation where he helps drive the strategic vision for the organization. OWASP's mission is to make software security visible, so that individuals and organizations worldwide can make informed decisions about true software security risks. OWASP's AppSecUSA<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/> conferences represent the nonprofit's largest outreach efforts to advance its mission of spreading security knowledge, for more information and to register, see here<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/?page_id=534>. Jim is also the founder of Manicode Security where he trains software developers on secure coding and security engineering. He has a 18 year history building software as a developer and architect. Jim is a frequent speaker on secure software practices and is a member of the JavaOne rockstar speaker community. He is the author of Iron-Clad Java: Building Secure Web Applications<http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Clad-Java-Building-Secure-Applications/dp/0071835881> from McGraw-Hill and founder of Brakeman Pro. Investor/Advisor for Signal Sciences.

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