by Shivali Best at Daily Mail
- Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks
- The job cuts mark the second largest round of layoffs in the company’s history
Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.
The job cuts would mark the second largest round of layoffs in the company’s history, adding to the 18,000 employees the company said it would lay off in January.
Yet the company’s workforce doubled over the pandemic, during a hiring surge across almost the entire tech sector.
In the memo, Mr Jassy said the second phase of the company’s annual planning process – which determined what areas of the business to trim – would be completed this month.
He said Amazon will still hire in some strategic areas…
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