(Boursier.com) — The CEO ofAmazon, Andy Jassy, shared a note with employees about the job cuts, which have just begun and will continue into 2023. “Yesterday we communicated the difficult decision to cut a number of positions across our Devices and Books businesses. , and also announced a voluntary offer for certain employees of our People, Experience, and Technology organization,” Jassy said. “Our annual planning process extends into the New Year, which means there will be more headcount reductions as leaders continue to make adjustments. These decisions will be shared with employees and managers. organizations concerned at the beginning of 2023″, adds the general manager of the e-commerce giant. “We have yet to determine exactly how many other roles will be affected (we know there will be reductions across our stores and PXT organizations), but each lead will communicate to their respective teams when we have the details,” clarifies Jassy again. “We have great opportunities ahead, both in our more established businesses like stores, advertising and AWS, but also in our new initiatives that we have been working on for several years and that we have the will to continue (for example , Prime Video, Alexa, Kuiper, Zoox and Health)”, concludes the leader.
Amazon began to lay off massively, according to several media. The measures particularly affect the Alexa voice assistant unit and the cloud gaming division, according to CNBC. Andy Jassy is reacting aggressively to the economic downturn. The group had previously announced a hiring freeze, but is now moving to more vigorous actions to restore its profitability. Employees in several divisions have received notifications, including Alexa and Luna… The New York Times reported on Monday that Amazon intended to cut about 10,000 jobs, in retail, appliances and human resources. Cups are set up by individual teams.
Amazon had practically doubled its workforce between the end of 2019 and the end of 2021, from 798,000 to 1.6 million people, reports CNBC … Note all the same that the group would still intend to recruit 150,000 employees for the holiday season from end of the year, i.e. seasonal recruitment comparable to last year’s level.
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