Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 workers

After Twitter and Meta, the American technology company Amazon is also planning major layoffs. About 10,000 workers in the corporate and technology sectors may be laid off.

According to a person related to Amazon's plan, the American newspaper The New York Times says that the layoffs may begin this week. And if it does, it will be the biggest layoff in the company's history.

A person involved told the New York Times that the exact number of Amazon layoffs is not known. Can be done step by step rather than cutting all at once. But laying off about 10,000 workers means laying off about 3 percent of Amazon's corporate workforce. Moreover, this figure represents less than 1 percent of the company's total global workforce.

 

The company has a global workforce of over 1.5 million. They work mainly on hourly basis. The related sources also said that the impact of layoffs will be more on various device companies, including Amazon's voice service Alexa, retail marketing department and human resources department. The man spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

Amazon posted record profits during the coronavirus pandemic as consumers shifted their focus to online shopping. Amazon doubled its workforce in the past two years. But earlier this year, Amazon's growth slowed to its lowest level in two decades. Amazon has seen a slight turnaround in recent quarters. However, Amazon has warned investors that this growth may slow down further.

 

Amazon spokesman Brad Glaser was contacted by The New York Times about the layoff plans. However, he refused to comment on this.

Amid changes in business models and uncertain economic conditions, the world's tech industry is witnessing layoffs. Recently, the head of the American car manufacturer Tesla, Elon Musk, after buying the ownership of Twitter, reduced the number of employees of the company by half.

Last week, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced layoffs of 11,000 workers. This number is about 13 percent of the total workforce of the organization.

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