Having let go of over 250 employees at the end of last year, low-code platform provider Airtable has announced more job cuts in order to make the company “cash flow positive.” Credit: Shutterstock Low-code software company Airtable announced its second round of job cuts in nine months, laying off around 237 people, or approximately 27% of the company. The cuts are part of a plan to focus the company on winning large enterprise clients and getting spending under control, CEO Howie Liu told Forbes, which first reported the layoffs. They follow job cuts made by the company in December 2022 that saw 254 people laid off. Airtable will be cash-flow positive after this round of layoffs, Liu reportedly said, adding that the cuts were the result of a downturn in business following a period of hypergrowth experienced by the company during the pandemic. The Airtable app is a cloud-based relational database that looks like a spreadhseet and can be used by nontechnical workers to analyze data as well as plan and collaborate on projects. Airtable currently has six offices across the globe and the cuts will be companywide, with the largest layoffs hitting product and sales teams. Airtable has not yet responded to a request for comment. Layoffs have plagued the tech sector in 2023 The start of 2023 saw a dizzying spell of job cuts in the tech sector with some companies — such as Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft — laying off tens of thousands of employees or experiencing multiple rounds of cuts. Although things have somewhat plateaued in the second half of the year, Google’s parent company Alphabet let go of hundreds of employees from its recruiting team this week, having already laid off 12,000 employees in January of this year. Elsewhere, the explosion of generative AI in the enterprise looks set to provide some job opportunities at companies that had previously shed a percentage of their workforce. Having laid off 8,000 employees in January, Salesforce announced this week that it is now planning to hire around 3,300 workers, including rehiring some of the company’s former employees. The newly recruited workers will be split between sales, engineering, and the team handling the development of its Data Cloud. The plan includes rehiring. Related content news analysis Apple earnings: About that iPhone 'slump' in China Based on information from Thursday's earnings report, it seems that data pointing to an iPhone slump in China were over-baked. By Jonny Evans May 03, 2024 9 mins iMac iPhone Apple news Microsoft begins to phase out ‘classic’ Teams Microsoft is encouraging Teams customers to move to the new, faster version of the collaboration app; the older version will be switched off next year. By Matthew Finnegan May 03, 2024 3 mins Microsoft Teams Collaboration Software Productivity Software news analysis Apple confirms it will open up the iPad in Europe this fall The latest efforts to comply with Europe’s Digital Markets Act mean developers can offer to side load apps to both iPhones and iPads in the EU. Apple has also taken steps to improve what it offers to smaller and non-commercial developers in the By Jonny Evans May 02, 2024 6 mins iPad Apple Mobile Apps news Udacity offers laid-off US workers free access to its courses for 30 days Sign-ups will be available over the next 30 days By Lucas Mearian May 02, 2024 4 mins Technology Industry IT Jobs IT Skills Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe