Amazon to cut another 9,000 jobs in new round of layoffs

theguardian.com:

Amazon is to cut another 9,000 jobs across its global business, mostly in its cloud services, advertising and Twitch livestreaming units, the internet retailer announced on Monday.

Its chief executive, Andy Jassy, said in a letter to workers that the company had added substantial amount of staff in the past few years, but the uncertain economy has forced it to choose cost and headcount cuts.

At the start of the year Amazon announced it had expanded has staff-cutting plansto affect more than 18,000 workers. It also revealed separate plans to shut three UK warehouses and seven delivery stations, affecting more than 1,200 further jobs.

Amazon is the latest big tech firm to announce a second round of layoffs in the face of a possible recession.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, said last week that it would cut 10,000 jobs this year, after the first mass layoff in the fall, which eliminated more than 11,000 jobs.

Twitter has announced multiple rounds of redundancies since Elon Musk’s $44bn (£36bn) takeover last autumn.

In his letter to workers on Monday, Jassy said: “As we’ve just concluded the second phase of our operating plan this past week, I’m writing to share that we intend to eliminate about 9,000 more positions in the next few weeks – mostly in AWS, PXT, advertising and Twitch.

“This was a difficult decision, but one that we think is best for the company long term. To those ultimately impacted by these reductions, I want to thank you for the work you have done on behalf of customers and the company.

“It’s never easy to say goodbye to our teammates, and you will be missed.”