Amazon announces 9,000 more layoffs, adding to the previous 18,000

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The Amazon company has announced to its employees on Monday a new round of layoffs that will affect 9,000 workers “in the coming weeks.”

These cuts build on Amazon’s previously announced job cuts that began last November and extended through this January, laying off more than 18,000 employees across the hardware and services, human resources, and retail teams.

“It was a difficult decision, but we believe that it is the best thing for the company in the long term,” said the general director on Monday, Andy Jassyin a message that was first shared with its employees and then in a statement.

Jassy has indicated that the areas that this new cut will affect will be: Amazon Web Services (AWS), People Experience and Technology Solutions (PXT), the advertising department and its Twitch streaming channel.

Amazon, Second company with the largest number of employees in the United States after the Walmart stores, it had 1,540,000 workers in 2022, a figure 4.7% less than that of 2021.