14 Nov , 2022 By : Kaushiki Mehta
Amazon.com Inc is likely to lay off nearly 10,000 people in corporate and technology jobs starting this week, reported the New York Times citing sources on Monday.
"The lay off will focus on the e-commerce giant's devices unit, which houses voice-assistant Alexa, as well as its retail division and human resources, according to the report, which also said the total number of layoffs remains fluid," as per media reports.
Amazon joins a bandwagon of U.S. companies making deep cuts to its employee base to brace for a potential economic downturn.
Amazon had about 1,608,000 full-time as well as part-time employees as of December 31, 2021.
Last week, Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said it would cut more than 11,000 jobs, or 13% of its workforce, to rein in costs.
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