Amazon Cutting 18K Workers; Largest In Company’s History
View Source | January 17, 2023 4:01 pm
- Amazon’s workforce reduction – the largest in its history – will begin Wednesday.
- Earlier this month, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told employees in a blog post that the company was laying off about 18,000 people as it seeks to cut costs and would begin contacting impacted employees on Jan. 18.
- “Amazon has weathered uncertain and difficult economies in the past, and we will continue to do so,” Jassy said in the Jan. 4 post. “These changes will help us pursue our long-term opportunities with a stronger cost structure.”
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