Amazon layoffs

2023 - 3 - 20

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Amazon layoffs continue: Tech giant to cut another 9000 jobs, CEO ... (USA TODAY)

Amazon will be eliminating roles in its cloud computing unit, human resources division, advertising and Twitch, CEO Andy Jassy said Monday.

[Tracking tech layoffs: Why companies like Amazon and Meta cut jobs in 2022](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2023/01/18/tech-layoffs-2023/11069223002/) [Massive tech company layoffs look ugly. [burst of hiring sprees](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2023/02/07/tech-layoffs-2023-google-amazon/11135692002/) in the early days of the pandemic, rising interest rates have pushed a number of tech giants to trim staff. [according to Layoffs.fyi](https://layoffs.fyi/), a website that has been tracking tech layoffs [since March 2020. ](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2023/01/18/tech-layoffs-2023/11069223002/) “This was a difficult decision, but one that we think is best for the company long term,” Jassy shared in his note. when you announce layoffs via email](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/02/27/amazon-google-layoffs-workers-email-insulting/11332289002/) But it may not be as bad as you think.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2023/02/07/tech-layoffs-2023-google-amazon/11135692002/) [Layoffs, recession fears spur some companies to hire more gig economy workers](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/03/01/layoffs-recession-businesses-hiring-freelancers-gig-workers/11369050002/) [Layoffs in a likely recession this year could be determined by software programs](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/23/layoffs-2023-recession-software-programs/11086842002/) [More Meta layoffs: Facebook, Instagram parent company to cut another 10,000 workers](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/03/14/meta-layoffs-employees-mark-zuckerberg/11469847002/) [Bailey Schulz](https://www.usatoday.com/staff/5190697001/bailey-schulz/) on Twitter [@bailey_schulz](https://twitter.com/bailey_schulz?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) and subscribe to our [free Daily Money newsletter here](https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/the-daily-money/) for personal finance tips and business news every Monday through Friday. [eliminated about 18,000 positions](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/18/amazon-layoffs-18000-employees/11076820002/). [on Monday](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/update-from-ceo-andy-jassy-on-amazons-operating-plan-and-additional-role-eliminations) [ announced](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/update-from-ceo-andy-jassy-on-amazons-operating-plan-and-additional-role-eliminations) plans to cut another 9,000 positions, its [second round of mass layoffs](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/18/amazon-layoffs-18000-employees/11076820002/) in recent months. [Facebook parent company Meta](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/03/14/meta-layoffs-employees-mark-zuckerberg/11469847002/) earlier this month announced plans to lay off another 10,000 workers after cutting 11,000 employees in 2022, and [Google ](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/20/google-layoffs-jobs-employees-cut/11088409002/)in January said it would be eliminating roughly 12,000 jobs.

Amazon to lay off 9000 more workers in addition to earlier cuts (CNBC)

Amazon will lay off 9000 more employees, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff Monday.

To those ultimately impacted by these reductions, I want to thank you for the work you have done on behalf of customers and the company. I remain very optimistic about the future and the myriad of opportunities we have, both in our largest businesses, Stores and AWS, and our newer customer experiences and businesses in which we're investing. This initially led us to eliminate 18,000 positions (which we shared in January); and, as we completed the second phase of our planning this month, it led us to these additional 9,000 role reductions (though you will see limited hiring in some of our businesses in strategic areas where we've prioritized allocating more resources). The overriding tenet of our annual planning this year was to be leaner while doing so in a way that enables us to still invest robustly in the key long-term customer experiences that we believe can meaningfully improve customers' lives and Amazon as a whole. However, given the uncertain economy in which we reside, and the uncertainty that exists in the near future, we have chosen to be more streamlined in our costs and headcount. The company just wrapped up the second phase of its annual budgeting process, referred to internally as "OP2."

Amazon layoffs raising spectre of added empty Vancouver sublease ... (Alaska Highway News)

Layoffs at one of B.C.'s larger employers raises the spectre that the city of Vancouver's 30-year-high amount of vacant sublease space will continue to ...

in the fourth quarter of 2022 – the most in 30 years, according to CBRE. [Recruitment during the pandemic](https://biv.com/article/2021/05/amazon-ups-metro-vancouver-recruitment-campaign-nearly-3000?utm_source=alaska%20highway%20news&utm_campaign=alaska%20highway%20news%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) has meant that Amazon.com now employs approximately 4,500 office workers in downtown Vancouver, at what it calls its tech hub. [brokerage said](https://cbre.vo.llnwd.net/grgservices/secure/Vancouver_Office_Figures_Q4_2022.pdf?e=1679341665&h=5be69d3bb1b9418cc838ed1f8cb2aa32&utm_source=alaska%20highway%20news&utm_campaign=alaska%20highway%20news%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) in its most recent office report. [third largest national or global company in the province](https://biv.com/datatables/top-national-and-global-companies-operating-bc-2022?utm_source=alaska%20highway%20news&utm_campaign=alaska%20highway%20news%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral), with about 10,000 workers. Total vacant sublease space in downtown Vancouver reached 722,000 sq. An updated report from Amazon Canada pins the number of B.C.

Amazon slashing 9000 jobs in second round of layoffs (Globalnews.ca)

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company had added substantial amount of staff in the past few years, but the uncertain economy has forced it to choose cost ...

The company has scaled back or shut down entire services like its virtual primary care offering for employers in recent months. “Some may ask why we didn’t announce these role reductions with the ones we announced a couple months ago,” he wrote. In a note to staff that Amazon posted online, its CEO Andy Jassy said the decision stemmed from ongoing analysis of priorities and uncertainty about the economy.

Amazon announces 9000 more layoffs, including from successful ... (CBC.ca)

Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday. The job cuts would mark the second ...

The company plans to finalize those decisions by mid to late April and notify those who will be laid off. Twitch, the gaming platform Amazon owns, will also see some layoffs as well as Amazon's PXT organizations, which handle human resources and other functions. The company's workforce doubled during the pandemic, however, in the midst of a hiring surge across almost the entire tech sector.

Amazon to cut another 9000 jobs in new round of layoffs (The Guardian)

Amazon is to cut 9,000 jobs across its global business, as the second big cull of staff at the online retailer this year. The company said the cuts would ...

“This was a difficult decision, but one that we think is best for the company long term. Last week it announced plans to cut a further 10,000 jobs this year and also instituted a hiring freeze, having already announced 11,000 job cuts in November last year. Amazon has [also been slowing down the global expansion](https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/amazon-cancels-delays-dozens-of-warehouses-fulfillment-mwpvl/631130/) of its network of distribution centers, warehouses and other facilities since at least 2022, in some cases scrapping planned projects entirely. Other tech firms that have announced significant layoffs include Microsoft, Google owner Alphabet and business software company Salesforce. In January it also revealed separate plans to shut three UK warehouses and seven delivery stations, affecting more than 1,200 further jobs. [pausing the construction](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/03/amazon-pauses-construction-of-second-headquarters-in-virginia.html) on part of its second headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.

Amazon deepens tech-sector gloom with another 9000 layoffs (Reuters)

In a remarkable turn for a company that has long touted its job creation, Amazon will have eliminated 27,000 positions in recent months, or 9% of its roughly ...

Jassy is choosing to make them happen to pad Amazon's bottom line." "Some may ask why we didn't announce these role reductions with the ones we announced a couple months ago," he wrote. The Athena Coalition, a labor and activist group that is critical of Amazon, said in a statement: "None of these layoffs have to happen. "Given the uncertain economy in which we reside, and the uncertainty that exists in the near future, we have chosen to be more streamlined in our costs and headcount." Register for free to Reuters and know the full story [(AMZN.O)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/AMZN.O) on Monday said it would axe another 9,000 roles, piling on to a wave of layoffs that has swept the technology sector as an uncertain economy forces companies to get leaner.