The cuts will be concentrated in its cloud services, advertising and Twitch units.
"Given the uncertain economy in which we reside, and the uncertainty that exists in the near future, we have chosen to be more streamlined in our costs and headcount," Jassy said in a statement posted on the company's web site.
Amazon last month said operating profit may continue to slump in the current quarter, hit by the financial impact of consumers and cloud customers clamping down on spending. Sales from its lucrative cloud-computing division slowed during the fourth quarter. Amazon has scaled back or shut down entire services like its virtual primary care offering for employers.Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said it would cut 10,000 jobs this year, following the first mass layoff in the fall, which eliminated more than 11,000 jobs.
Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel and Sriraj Kalluvila and David Gaffen
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