Tech companies disclosed plans to chop an estimated 419 jobs in the Bay Area, according to official Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act notifications the firms sent to the state Employment Development Department.

LinkedIn announced 270 job cuts, affecting workers in Mountain View, Sunnyvale and San Francisco. Of these, 159 were planned for Mountain View. The layoffs occurred on May 15, the company stated.

Chegg reported 88 layoffs in Santa Clara. The downsizing occurred May 15.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise disclosed 61 job cuts in San Jose. The reductions were on May 2.

All of the job cuts were described as permanent.

The staffing reductions come at a time when the Bay Area tech industry is struggling with its pace of hiring.

Tech companies added 100 jobs in the region in April, according to a Beacon Economics seasonally adjusted estimate of tech industry employment categories derived from the official state EDD monthly jobs report.

Employers added 1,600 tech jobs in the South Bay but slashed 1,200 tech positions in the East Bay and chopped 400 tech jobs in the San Francisco-San Mateo metro area, the Beacon estimate determined.