The latest report reveals that Amazon has already begun its second round of layoffs on Wednesday, which the company announced last month.
Amazon Commenced Latest Round of Job Cuts
Reportedly, the new round of job cuts will impact approximately 9,000 employees across various departments, starting with its cloud service operation and human resources divisions.
Amazon the e-commerce giant on Wednesday began laying off some employees from its cloud service operation and human resources divisions.
The situation came to layoffs as Amazon Web Services (AWS), the company’s most profitable division, experiences slowing sales growth.
Further, these job losses at AWS will be spread globally, starting with personnel in the US, Canada, and Costa Rica, according to the notification about the layoffs.
How Did This Happen?
It appears that the impacted employees were notified of the layoffs early Wednesday by CEO Adam Selipsky and Human Resources Head Beth Galetti.
They have sent notices to employees in the US, Canada and Costa Rica, whose jobs were being eliminated.
In an internal memo obtained by CNBC, AWS chief Adam Selipsky said, “It is a tough day across our organization”.
Further adding, “Difficult decision to eliminate some roles across Amazon globally, including within AWS, and the conversations with impacted AWS employees started today, with notification messages sent to all impacted employees in the US, Canada, and Costa Rica,”.
Selipsky said, “We are working hard to treat everyone impacted with respect, and to provide a number of resources and touchpoints to aid in this transition. This also includes packages that include a separation payment, transitional health insurance benefits, and external job placement support,”.
Earlier, CEO Andy Jassy announced 9,000 job cuts during March.
Beside this, the 18,000 eliminations were already announced last November and in January.
As part of this plan, Amazon reduced its workforce on April 18th by letting go of several employees in its advertising unit to cut costs.
Jassy began aggressively slashing costs across the company amidst growing anxiety over the potential for a recession.
Also, the company froze hiring in its corporate workforce, axed some experimental projects and slowed warehouse expansion.
