Amazon plans to layoff around 16,000 corporate employees
Amazon said it will eliminate around 16,000 corporate jobs in its second round of mass job cuts since last October. In a blog post, Amazon's senior vice president of people experience and technology, Beth Galetti, announced that the job cuts were to strengthen the company’s organisation and remove bureaucracy. This comes just a few months after the company let go of 14,000 employees across its corporate workforce. While Galetti didn’t rule out more job cuts, she said the company doesn’t plan to make it a pattern every few months. “Some of you might ask if this is the beginning of a new rhythm – where we announce broad reductions every few months. That’s not our plan,” she said. “But just as we always have, every team will continue to evaluate the ownership, speed, and capacity to invent for customers, and make adjustments as appropriate.” Galetti also said the company intends to support everyone whose role is impacted. “That starts with offering most US-based employees 90 days to look for a new role internally (timing will vary internationally based on local and country level requirements),” she said. “Then, for teammates who are unable to find a new role at Amazon or who choose not to look for one, we'll p
