Amazon.com Inc is planning to put off about 10,000 folks in company and know-how jobs beginning as quickly as this week, the New York Occasions reported on Monday, citing folks with information of the matter.
The cuts will deal with the e-commerce big’s units unit, which homes voice-assistant Alexa, in addition to its retail division and human sources, in line with the report, which additionally mentioned the overall variety of layoffs stays fluid.
The corporate didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark. As of Dec. 31 final yr, Amazon had about 1,608,000 full-time and part-time workers.
Amazon joins a bandwagon of US firms making deep cuts to its worker base to brace for a possible financial downturn.
Final week, Fb-parent Meta Platforms mentioned it could reduce greater than 11,000 jobs, or 13% of its workforce, to rein in prices.