Amazon plans to lay off an additional 9,000 corporate workers across the company in the coming weeks.

 

Amazon plans to lay off an additional 9,000 corporate workers across the company in the coming weeks. 

This new round of layoffs comes after the company announced in November it would cut 18,000 corporate jobs. The initial round of layoffs began in November and extended into January.

Amazon’s first round of layoffs primarily affected workers in the company’s retail, devices, recruiting, and human resources teams.

  • In a companywide memo released on Monday, CEO Andy Jassy pointed to uncertainty in the economy and uncertainty about the near future.
  • The latest layoffs would mainly impact Amazon’s AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch teams.
    • Twitch CEO Dan Clancy said about 400 people would be laid off from the team as part of the latest round of cuts.
  • The recent layoffs are the largest in Amazon’s nearly 30 years of operations.
  • As of Dec. 31, Amazon had 1.5 million employees globally, including 350,000 corporate workers.

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