According to reports, local time Wednesday, Amazon executives sent an email to confirm the launch of a new round of layoffs, as previously reported, the layoffs are expected to affect 18,000 people, the largest number of layoffs in the history of technology.
Amazon’s global head of retail Doug Herrington (Doug Herrington) emailed employees to inform them of the layoffs, and Amazon’s head of human resources Beth Galetti confirmed the layoffs.
The worst affected by the layoffs will likely be in the human resources and store departments. By the end of Wednesday, Amazon will notify all affected employees in the U.S., Canada and Costa Rica, and a little later elsewhere. Employees in China will not be notified until after the first of the year.
During the outbreak, Amazon had a frenzy to expand its workforce. Last November, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said he wanted to cut staff, mainly hitting equipment and recruitment teams.
Jassy is conducting a comprehensive review of Amazon’s spending due to the economic downturn and slowing growth in its core retail business. Amazon has frozen hiring, cut some experimental projects, and warehouse expansion has also slowed down.
