Amazon confirmed 16,000 corporate job cuts on Wednesday, completing a plan for around 30,000 since October, while leaving open the possibility of further reductions.
What happened
Reuters first reported last week that Amazon was planning a second round of job cuts as part of its broader goal under CEO Andy Jassy, who has been trying to reduce bureaucracy and abandon underperforming businesses.
Why it matters
Amazon said on Tuesday it was closing its remaining brick-and-mortar Fresh grocery stores and Go markets, despite years of effort, and said it was dropping its Amazon One biometric payment system, which scans the palm of a customer’s hand.
Although 30,000 represents a small portion of Amazon’s 1.58 million employees, who are mostly in fulfilment centres and warehouses, it is nearly 10 per cent of its corporate workforce and represents the largest job cuts in its three decades, surpassing the 27,000 it pared between late 2022 and early 2023.
The job cuts were necessary to strengthen the company by “reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy” at Amazon, its top human resources executive, Beth Galetti, said in a post.
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