Chief executive officer Andy Jassy announced the cuts internally Monday, saying they would occur in the coming weeks and primarily affect Amazon Web Services, human resources, advertising and the Twitch live streaming service groups.
A spokesperson declined to detail how Amazon was apportioning the rest of the layoffs.
Other tech giants have reduced their headcount, including Google parent company Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corp., Dell Technologies Inc. and International Business Machines Corp.had been eliminated across the industry since the beginning of the year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Before the first round of layoffs began in November, the company said it had roughly 350,000 corporate employees.
He said that for the last several years most of Amazon’s businesses added significantly to their ranks.
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