According to an email sent to staff, the layoffs will mostly affect Amazon’s retail division and human resources.
In a substantial escalation of its cost-cutting efforts, Amazon plans to remove 18,000 corporate and technology roles, the company’s CEO, Andy Jassy, announced in an email to staff on Wednesday.
The New York Times reported in mid-November that the company had previously intended to let go of about 10,000 workers between the end of last year and the beginning of this one. The first round of layoffs was mostly concentrated in the book and gadget departments of the company. Additionally, buyout offers to quit were made to human resources employees.
The latest round of layoffs will start on January 18, according to Mr. Jassy, and they will concentrate on human resources and the sizable division known as Stores by Amazon. Included in this are the teams in charge of Amazon’s primary website, its significant field operations, warehouses, physical stores, and other consumer teams.
About 6% of Amazon’s corporate workforce will be affected by the 18,000 overall layoffs. Managers in a number of groups claimed in the latter part of last year that they had been ordered to make plans for prospective layoffs, and staff members had been anticipating the reductions.