It had already been rumored that Amazon’s intentions to lay off some 10,000 workers at the beginning of this year, but finally it seems that the figure will be much higher and will reach 18,000 jobs throughout the headquarters that the company has throughout the world. world.
Andy Jassy, CEO of the online commerce giant, has insured finally 18,000 workers will be laid off. The manager has also commented that his procedure is usually to notify the affected workers or the unions first, but that since the news had previously leaked, they have decided to make it public.
The reason for the layoffs is none other than the current market situation, aggravated by rising inflation and declining sales (sales peaked during the COVID pandemic). In fact, Amazon went from having profits of 19,000 million dollars in 2021 to having losses of 3,000 million during the first three quarters of 2022.
Amazon thus joins other companies such as Snapchat, Cisco, Microsoft or Twitter, which have made thousands of layoffs in recent months, followed by many other technology companies.
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