Amazon Layoffs 2023: How many employees has Amazon Inc laid off this year so far? Learn all there is to know.
Amazon Inc. has announced a second round of layoffs that will result in around 9,000 job cuts across departments such as AWS, People, Experience, and Technology (PXT), Advertising, and Twitch. In a memo to employees, CEO Andy Jassy stated that while it was a difficult decision, it was necessary for the long-term success of the company.
Jassy has sent a message to the impacted employees, saying that Amazon is going through a difficult time and that it will have to take this step to save costs. This is not the first time that the e-commerce giant is sacking employees as it eliminated as many as 18,000 workers in January this year. This basically means Amazon has fired a total of 27,000 people this year.
This move comes amid several layoff rounds in tech companies, including Meta’s announcement of cutting 10,000 jobs. However, the 2023 layoffs were in the making since last year.
What did the Amazon CEO have to say about the 2023 layoffs?
In November 2022, Jassy had first announced a voluntary reduction offer to some in the PXT and said that more layoffs would be expected in 2023.
In January, he had announced the elimination of 18,000 roles, primarily in Amazon Stores and PXT. Jassy stated in the memo that the newly announced role reductions weren’t clubbed with the previous announcement as not all teams were done with their analyses at the time. He also mentioned that the Impacted teams are not yet finished making final decisions on precisely which roles will be impacted, and the company expects to complete this by mid-to-late April.
However, despite the layoffs, Amazon will support its leaving employees. Amazon will provide support for employees who are being laid off, including a separation payment, transitional health insurance benefits, and external job placement support. For the layoffs in December and January, the company paid out $640 million in severance packages. For the layoffs, the company paid out $640 million in severance packages.
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