Layoffs at Amazon

Read news recently about Amazon being set to lay off again with about 9000 employees. Hypocritically the same Amazon was found to be hiring a few days back for some roles in Customer Support and a few others.

Amazon layoff My friend got an email stating layoffs have started and people are being contacted on the same!!

Had heard from someone that there were layoffs supposed to happen this week at AWS. Just heard from a colleague that someone they know was asked to leave today. Does anyone know more?

Am seeing new posts about layoffs at Amazon are these new ? or part of the old one ?

What's happening in the latest round ? Which teams are impacted?

Got to know from my skip manager that there will be another round of layoffs starting Monday.

A Bloomberg report revealed that Amazon has conducted yet another round of layoffs. And people working in its audio streaming platform have been affected. Sources told Bloomberg that employees from Amazon Music's editorial and audio content team have been given the pink slip. An Amazon spokesperson told Bloomberg that the company has been keeping a close eye on their "organisational needs" and has been prioritising what matters the most to customers keeping the businesses long-term health in mind. To fulfil this, some roles in the Amazon Music Team have been eliminated. https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/technology/news/story/amazon-layoffs-continue-company-fires-people-from-amazon-music-team-2460707-2023-11-09

Round 2 of layoffs at Amazon will happen this Jan. This time from retail division. Headcount not yet confirmed. But it’ll be in rabge of 10k to 20k.

Amazon Global Communications Operations Undergo Layoffs The spokesperson said- “We regularly review the structure of our teams and make adjustments based on the needs of the business and, following a recent review, we’ve made the difficult decision to eliminate a small number of roles on our communications team.” https://deadline.com/2023/10/amazon-communications-layoffs-1235565092/

Amazon has started another wave of layoffs