The cuts will impact Amazon's advertising department and live video streaming service, Twitch, among other departments.
employees the e-commerce giant announced in January. This round of cuts will largely impact workers in Amazon’s advertising department, as well as on its video live streaming service, Twitch, and on Amazon Web Services and the People Experience and Technology Solutions team.
“For several years leading up to this one, most of our businesses added a significant amount of headcount. This made sense given what was happening in our businesses and the economy as a whole. However, given the uncertain economy in which we reside, and the uncertainty that exists in the near future, we have chosen to be more streamlined in our costs and headcount,” Jassy wrote in a note to employees Monday.
The previous round of layoffs primarily impacted staffers in the Amazon Stores and as well as the People Experience and Technology divisions. Jassy said Amazon’s “overriding tenet” for Amazon’s annual planning this year “was to be leaner.” This follows in the footsteps of
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