The company’s workforce doubled during the pandemic in a hiring surge across almost the entire tech sector.
| The Associated Press
The job cuts mark the second largest round of layoffs in the company’s history, adding to the 18,000 employees the tech giant said it would lay off in January. The company’s workforce doubled during the pandemic in a hiring surge seen across almost the entire tech sector.In the memo, Jassy said the second phase of the company’s annual planning process completed this month led to the additional job cuts. He said Amazon will still hire in some strategic areas.
The job cuts announced Monday will hit profitable areas for the company including its cloud computing unit AWS and its burgeoning advertising business.
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