Recent reports suggested that Amazon.com would initiate a new round of layoffs in May, with expectations of cutting approximately 14,000 positions. The affected departments were said to include core business units such as AWS cloud services, retail operations, and human resources, with some teams in China potentially facing complete elimination.
On April 10, Amazon.com refuted these claims, stating that the information is inaccurate.
According to a Business Insider report from March, the company had already reduced positions within its robotics division as part of its ongoing cost-cutting initiatives.
Since late 2022, Amazon.com has eliminated more than 57,000 corporate roles across multiple rounds of layoffs, including those conducted in October of last year and January of this year.
In January, the company announced plans to cut 16,000 corporate employees, following the elimination of 14,000 positions in October of the previous year.
The January layoffs were communicated by Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources and Technology at Amazon.com, who described the move as part of the company's efforts to reduce bureaucracy. In a memo to employees published on the official Amazon.com blog, Galetti noted that while many teams completed organizational adjustments in October, some only finalized the process recently.
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