Amazon, which employed 1.6 million employees in full and incomplete hours around the world at the end of March, joined the growing list of companies such as Microsoft, Meta and Crowdstrike, which carried out or announced release this year.
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“We have made a difficult business decision to eliminate some roles in individual teams in AWS,” said Amazon spokesman in a statement that the Reuters agency cites. “These decisions are necessary because we still invest, employ and optimize resources to provide innovations to our clients” – said the spokesman.
The sale of AWS (Amazon Web Services) increased in the first quarter by 17 percent. up to $ 29.3 billion Compared to the previous year, and the operational profit increased by 23 percent. up to $ 11.5 billion
Hundreds of employees lose their jobs
Several employees revealed Reuters that last Thursday morning they received emails with information that they were released and their computers were deactivated. Amazon spokesman confirmed that there was a reduction in full -time jobs, but did not give them a number.
Although the Reuters agency was unable to determine the full scope of dismissals, at least one group, known as “specialists”, was affected by them. These specialists cooperate with clients, helping to create new ideas for products and sell existing services. Amazon announced that several groups in AWS were covered by dismissals.
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Amazon conducts fragmentary employment reductions, recently in the book, devices and services department, as well as in the Wonder Podcasts department. Jassy reduces what he described as an excess of bureaucracy in the company, including by eliminating managers.
