Airbnb supposedly lays off contractors and cancels summer internships

Airbnb has ended its contracts with contingent workers early and held off summertime internships, Protocol reports. Specialists at Airbnb function as residential or commercial property inspectors, house consultants and more. Professionals will apparently receive no less than 2 weeks’pay after getting notification from their temp firms. Airbnb will also supposedly delay working with undergraduate students till next year.

TechCrunch has actually considering that spoken with an inbound intern that he was notified the other day which he’s now scrambling to find a brand-new internship. Airbnb is not the only tech company to cancel internships amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, Yelp canceled its summer season internship and TC’s Natasha Mascarenhas has actually because discovered StubHub, Glassdoor, Financing Circle and Checkr have actually also canceled their particular internships. These workers modifications come simply one day after Airbnb protected a $1 billion loan. Earlier this month, Airbnb raised an additional$1 billion in financial obligation and equity. If we hear back, TechCrunch has actually reached out to Airbnb and will update this story. Extra reporting by Natasha Mascarenhas. Article curated by RJ Shara from Source. RJ Shara is a Bay Area Radio Host (Radio Jockey) who talks about the startup ecosystem – entrepreneurs, investments, policies and more on her show The Silicon Dreams. The show streams on Radio Zindagi 1170AM on Mondays from 3.30 PM to 4 PM.