Amazon Announces 16,000 Job Cuts After Closing Fresh and Go Stores
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What we know
Location: Seattle, Washington, United States.
Department affected: corporate-level (Prime Video, Amazon Web Services, Human Resources).
Based on news reporting.
Summary
Amazon.com, Inc. announced a reduction of approximately 16,000 employees, the largest cut in years, in a note to staff issued shortly after the company revealed it would close all Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores (72 locations). Beth Galetti, Amazon's senior vice president of people and technology, said the reductions were part of efforts to streamline the organization by reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy, and that some teams finalized changes in October while others completed them more recently. The company stated it will continue hiring in strategic areas and indicated the cuts do not signal a recurring cadence of broad reductions. The store closures were attributed to failing to achieve a distinctive customer experience with the right economic model for large-scale expansion.
Amazon.com, Inc. cut 16,000 jobs in WA affecting its corporate-level (Prime Video, Amazon Web Services, Human Resources) team as of January 4, 2023.
That is roughly 1% of the 1,551,000 people Amazon.com, Inc. employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 102 layoff events at Amazon.com, Inc. since January 2023, including 18,317 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 68 additional events known from news reporting.
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