Amazon laid off 18,000 employees in the U.S., Canada, and Costa Rica using emails.

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Amazon laid off 18,000 employees in the U.S., Canada, and Costa Rica using emails.

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

As part of its plan to let go of 18,000 workers, Amazon.com Inc. said in a memo to employees seen by reporters that it will eliminate certain jobs in the US, Canada, and Costa Rica by the end of Wednesday.

The layoffs are the most recent in the American technology sector, as businesses reduce their bloated personnel and trim costs to undo excesses from the epidemic era and be ready for a harsher global economy.

An update on the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) website states that the corporation is laying off 2,300 workers in Seattle and Bellevue. Companies must notify employees 60 days in advance of a mass layoff under US labor law.

Amazon.com Chief Executive Andy Jassy stated earlier this month that the e-commerce and human resources divisions would be most affected by the reductions, which would affect about 6% of the company’s 300,000 corporate employees.

Earlier on Wednesday, Microsoft announced it would slash approximately 10,000 positions and record a $1.2-billion charge.

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