Amazon will eliminate “just over 18,000 roles” at the company, CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a memo to staffers Wednesday, well more than previously expected by the ecommerce giant. The layof…
wrote in a memo to staffers Wednesday, well more than previously expected by the ecommerce giant.
The layoffs will occur across “several teams” but the majority of job cuts are in the Amazon Stores group and its People, Experience and Technology organization, Jassy said in the memo, which the company“Amazon has weathered uncertain and difficult economies in the past, and we will continue to do so,” Jassy wrote.
The roughly 18,000 job cuts, which includes layoffs Amazon made last fall, represent about 1.2% of the 1.544 million full- and part-time workers the company reported as of Sept. 30, 2022. In November, Jassy announced that Amazon was cutting jobs across its Devices and Books businesses, and also said the company was making voluntary buyout offers for some employees in the PXT group. He also told employees that there would be “more role reductions” going into 2023 “as leaders continue to make adjustments.” At the time, the
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