Amazon has announced that it will eliminate another 9,000 employees throughout its whole global operation in “the next few weeks”.
The company’s chief executive, Andy Jassy, informed employees that the change will result in job losses in its web services, advertising, PXT solutions subsidiary, and Twitch live streaming arm. These layoffs are in addition to the 18,000 job losses the company announced in January.
Amazon’s chief executive, Andy Jassy, said in a letter to workers that the company had added a substantial amount of staff in the past few years, but the uncertain economy has forced it to choose cost and headcount cuts. Amazon employs more than 1.5 million people worldwide.
“As we’ve just concluded the second phase of our operating plan this past week, I’m writing to share that we intend to eliminate about 9,000 more positions in the next few weeks – mostly in AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch.”
“This was a difficult decision, but one that we think is best for the company long term. 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.”
“It’s never easy to say goodbye to our teammates, and you will be missed.”
The second round of deep cuts follows a similar move by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram. 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.