According to a message sent to staff on Thursday by CEO Andy Jassy, Amazon will continue to lay off workers in 2023.
“I’ve been in this position for almost a year and a half now, and without a question, this is the most difficult choice we’ve made in that time (and, during the past couple of years, particularly at the core of the pandemic, we’ve had to make some extremely terrible choices),” Jassy wrote. “It’s not lost on me or any of the decision-makers that these aren’t just roles we’re eliminating, but rather, people with feelings, ambitions, and obligations whose lives will be impacted,” the leader said.
This week, the corporation started telling staff members about layoffs in various sectors, including devices and services. In addition to the layoffs, it has also given some workers the choice to accept a voluntary buyout as a way to reduce headcount.
According to a prior report by a source familiar with the situation, Amazon plans to fire around 10,000 people, though the exact number of those affected is still uncertain. The changes are being implemented as Amazon deals with a deteriorating economy, which has slowed divisional development, and after its headcount grew dramatically during the pandemic.
The corporation is currently going through its yearly operations planning process, and business leaders are still deciding on their next steps, according to Jassy, who claimed that the layoffs will go until 2023.
Amazon previously put a hiring ban in place for its corporate workforce. To prepare for the holiday rush, the business is still looking to hire warehouse personnel.
After years of unrestrained growth, job cuts are having a significant impact on the tech industry. In addition to Twitter, Shopify, Salesforce, and Stripe, the parent company of Facebook, Meta, revealed this week that it would be cutting 13% of its workforce.
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