Jan 4 (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) plans to lay off more than 17,000 employees, more than originally planned, The Wall Street Journal said Wednesday. reported to matter.
Some of the additional layoffs came from Amazon executives, according to the WSJ report.
The Seattle-based company began laying off staff in its device division in November. At the time, a source told Reuters that Amazon was targeting his 10,000 job cuts.
Amazon, the second-largest private employer in the U.S. with more than 1.5 million workers, including warehouse staff, is bracing for slowing growth as rapid inflation forces businesses and consumers to cut spending. ing.
Additional job cuts at Amazon will total more job cuts than other major companies have recently announced, and will be a more aggressive move for the retailer, which doubled its base salary cap last month. It means a quick turnaround to compete for talent.
Amazon did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
Cloud-based software company Salesforce (CRM.N) said Wednesday as it prepares to cut thousands of jobs at technology companies from Meta Platforms (META.O) to Microsoft (MSFT.O). He said he plans to cut 10% of his workforce. for recession.read more
Facebook’s parent company Meta is laying off more than 11,000 jobs this year.
Reported by Uday Sampath, Bangalore. Edited by Shailesh Kuber and Sherry Jacob-Phillips
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