Amazon Layoffs

• Amazon cuts 16K corporate jobs, says it will use more AI

  The tech giant has stated that 'generative AI' would begin to lessen the company's corporate workforce in the next few years.

  U.S. News

  Jan 28
  
• Amazon laying off several hundred employees in Prime Video, Studios divisions

  Amazon.com will lay off several hundred employees in its streaming and studio operations, it said in an internal note on Wednesday.

  Money

  Jan 10, 2024
  
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• Amazon revenue beat driven by online shopping demand, cloud unit

  Amazon.com Inc's first-quarter revenue beat estimates on Thursday, helped by resilient demand for online shopping and cloud services businesses.

  Money

  Apr 27, 2023
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• Amazon slashing 9,000 jobs in second round of layoffs

  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 and headcount cuts.

  Tech

  Mar 20, 2023
• Tech layoffs: Seek legal advice, negotiate terms if you’ve lost your job, experts say

  Amazon laid off 18,000 staff, Microsoft fired 10,000 employees and WeWork axed 300 jobs. In Canada, layoffs included 300 at Lightspeed, 150 at Clutch and 70 at Hootsuite.

  Tech

  Jan 22, 2023
• Amazon layoffs to exceed 18,000 corporate roles, CEO says amid ‘uncertain economy’

  The layoff decisions, which Amazon will communicate starting Jan. 18, will largely impact the company's e-commerce and human-resources organizations, Andy Jassy said.

  Economy

  Jan 4, 2023
• More Amazon layoffs are coming in 2023, CEO says

  Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday there would be more role reductions as its annual planning process extends into next year and leaders continue to make adjustments.

  Tech

  Nov 18, 2022
• Mass layoffs driving tech workers to startup companies

  Several job boards show hundreds of tech openings at startups, big-name software companies and even banks, retailers and health care organizations even as Amazon.

  Tech

  Nov 17, 2022
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• Amazon is laying off some workers amid ‘uncertain’ economy. Here’s what we know

  It is not clear at this time whether any Canadian employees have been impacted by the Amazon layoffs, which come amid a number of other recent tech sector layoffs.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2022
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• Amazon is planning to lay off around 10K employees starting this week: source

  The cuts, earlier reported by the New York Times, would represent about three per cent of Amazon's corporate staff.

  Tech

  Nov 14, 2022