Amazon to lay off 9 thousand more employees

The mass layoffs we have seen in recent months in the technology sector, which is going through a bad period, continues unabated. Every day, we see that many giant companies fire their employees in order to reduce costs due to economic problems. Today from Amazon An incoming statement reveals that the US e-commerce giant will once again make such a move.

According to a note sent by CEO Andy Jassy to employees, which was later published on the company’s website, Amazon lay off more than 9,000 employees will take off. The technology giant laid off 18,000 jobs in January.

Thousands of employees from many different departments will be laid off in the coming weeks.

The majority of the dismissals, which are stated to take place in the coming weeks, AWS (Amazon Web Services), advertising, PXT (Human Experience and Technology), and Twitch It was stated that there would be departments such as With the new layoff, the number of people fired from Amazon in the last three months will exceed 27,000.

Jassy said that the decision was difficult for them; however is the best decision for the company in the long run conveyed. Stating that evaluations were made within the company, the 55-year-old CEO added that uncertainties about both the economy and the future were effective in making such decisions.

Trying to cut costs like other technology giants, Amazon also suspended the construction of its second headquarters in the US state of Virginia for a while earlier this month. The new offices, which were said to open in June, were expected to provide employment for 25,000 people.