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Amazons previously announced that it would lay off 9,000 of its employees. The divisions entering the next wave of reductions are the human resources (HR) and cloud computing (cloud) divisions.
This is known from the announcement made by Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky to his employees. The employees who were laid off were located in the United States (US), Canada, Costa Rica and other countries.
“I want to let you know that conversations with affected AWS employees began today, with notification messages sent to all affected employees in the United States, Canada, and Costa Rica. In other regions, we follow local processes, which may include time to consult with employee representative bodies,” Selipsky said in the memo, as quoted by CNBC, Thursday (4/27/2023).
In the announcement, Selipsky explained that Amazon would insure employees affected by the layoffs. In addition to receiving severance pay, they also receive health insurance benefits and support or access to other jobs.
“I am fully aware of the impact this has had on each affected individual and family. We are working hard to treat all affected with respect and are providing a number of resources and points of contact to assist with this transition,” he continued.
Last week, Amazon laid off several employees from its advertising unit and has laid off staff from Twitch’s video game and streaming units in recent weeks.
Amazon has indeed made massive layoffs this year, after several years of significant hiring. A total of 18,000 employees were laid off and this is the largest all-time high in Amazon’s 29-year history. The number of layoffs has not been combined with the 9,000 new ones that will be made.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has been aggressively cutting costs across the company. The effort comes as the electronics retailer takes into account the economic downturn and slowing growth in its core retail business.
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