Sina Technology News Beijing time on December 5 morning news, according to reports, people familiar with the matter revealed that Amazon has begun to cancel the offer issued by its retail department to new employees, a sign that Amazon’s cost reduction and efficiency increase has spread to the retail department. .
Representatives of Amazon’s retail arm, led by Doug Herrington, CEO of Amazon Stores Worldwide, began calling employees this week who were due to start work in January to tell them their jobs were cancelled.
According to previous reports, Amazon’s layoffs are mainly concentrated in the terminal equipment department. But now it appears the move has spread to the retail sector.
Amazon has yet to comment.
The company’s retail segment includes Amazon.com, Amazon Prime, Amazon Go, Whole Foods and private label businesses.
Two weeks ago, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy (Andy Jassy) stated on the company’s official website that Amazon’s layoffs will be extended until 2023.
He pointed out in the news on November 17 that Amazon has announced layoffs in the terminal equipment and book departments, and the personnel, experience and technology department (PXT) will also undergo voluntary downsizing.
Jassy added that the company will further cut jobs, including more layoffs in the PXT and store teams, but the total number has not yet been determined.
“Leaders across the company are working with their teams to analyze their workforce levels and prioritize what is most important to our customers and our long-term health,” Jassy wrote in the message. Difficult because the economy remains challenging and we’ve been hiring too fast over the past few years.”
Just a day before the announcement, Amazon also issued layoff notices to an unknown number of employees and decided to merge some teams and projects in the terminal equipment and services departments.
The End Devices and Services segment includes Alexa, Echo, eero, Kindle, Fire TV and Amazon’s other consumer electronics products and related services.
Dave Limp, senior vice president of Amazon Terminal Devices and Services, said in a message on November 16 that some affected employees can find new jobs at Amazon, while others will receive severance compensation and transition benefits. and job placement support.
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Event Tracking
- 2022-12-05Amazon withdrew the new offer of the retail department, and the new employees who were scheduled to join early next year were terminated
- 2022-11-16Amazon begins layoffs, Alexa and cloud gaming departments are affected
- 2022-11-14Amazon may lay off 10,000 people this week
- 2022-11-11Amazon plans to cut off the non-profit department and is evaluating the smart speaker Alexa business
- 2021-10-13 Reports claim Amazon copying products and manipulating search results in India
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