Amazon has reportedly started laying off employees across the devices, human resources and its retail division.
By Ankita Chakravarti: Amazon has reportedly started laying off people in various departments. The news comes a day after a report claimed that Amazon will lay off close to 10,000 employees. Although Amazon has been quite secretive about the layoffs, the LinkedIn posts of employees suggest that the layoffs have begun in full swing. As per reports, Amazon employees were called into meetings by their managers and informed that they have two months to look for new jobs.
As per a Wall Street Journal report, Amazon is reported to have cut 10,000 jobs across departments. Several employees had taken to Linkedin to talk about their dismissal from the company. The employees who have posted about their layoffs mostly belong to Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant business, Luna cloud gaming platform division and Lab126, the division that operates the Kindle e-reader.
“Of course, I am saddened, yet optimistic about the future because I know this means good change for me and others on my team,” an employee wrote. Another employee, who worked as Software Development Manager at Amazon revealed that his entire team had been wiped out. “My team has been impacted by Amazon layoffs!! Strong SDEs (Java/C#/GoLang) who are looking for open positions, please comment if you have any positions open. We shall reach out to you. Kindly like, comment or share for better reach. Thanks much!,” Bhasker Reddy wrote on Linkedin.
A woman of Indian origin, who worked as a Software Development in the US, posted that she was open to new job roles: “Due to the nature of my visa, I have a limited time to look for new work opportunities,” she said.
Amazon is yet to officially confirm the layoffs. However, a post by Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice president, hinted at the layoffs. He wrote, “We anticipate keeping this pause in place for the next few months and will continue to monitor what we’re seeing in the economy and the business to adjust as we think makes sense”.
Previously, Meta parted ways with close to 11,000 employees. In an email to Meta employees, Mark Zuckerberg noted that he is making big changes in the company. He also apologized to the employees who were impacted in the layoffs and took full accountability. Zuckerberg also said that the impacted employees will get all the necessary support along with severance pay. “We will pay 16 weeks of base pay plus two additional weeks for every year of service, with no cap.” He also said in the mail that the company will cover the cost of healthcare for people and their families for six months.
In Short
- Amazon has quietly started laying off employees across departments.
- Amazon is expected to cut up to 10,000 jobs.
- Several employees had taken to Linkedin to talk about their dismissal from the company.