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Last Update: January 13, 2023, 12:57 pm IST
Earlier, the company announced the elimination of over 18,000 roles worldwide due to uncertain economic conditions.
Amazon has 1 lakh employees in India and this decision will affect 1 percent of the employees in the country.
Amazon layoffs India: E-commerce company Amazon has started laying off employees in India. India As part of its biggest retrenchment exercise across the world.
according to a india today The report states that Amazon has sent an email to the concerned employees informing them that they have been laid off.
Reportedly, the email has asked employees to meet with the leadership team for more clarity and has promised to offer 5 months of severance pay.
Earlier, the company announced the elimination of over 18,000 roles worldwide due to uncertain economic conditions.
Reportedly, Amazon has 1 lakh employees in India and this decision will affect 1 percent of the workforce in the country.
“Between the reductions we announced in November and the ones we are sharing today, we plan to eliminate just over 18,000 roles. Several teams are affected; However, the majority of roles are in our Amazon Stores and PXT organizations,” the blog link to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said.
As of December 31, 2021, Amazon employs approximately 16,08,000 full-time and part-time employees.
In November, Amazon decided to eliminate several positions in the devices and books businesses, and also announced an offer of voluntary reductions to some employees in its People, Experience and Technology (PXT) organization.
Most recently, business software maker Salesforce said it was laying off about 8,000 employees, or 10% of its workforce.
The announced cuts are by far the largest in the 23-year history of the San Francisco company founded by former Oracle executive Marc Benioff. News agency AP reported that Benioff pioneered the method of leasing software services to internet-connected devices – a concept now known as ‘cloud computing’.
The layoffs are coming after an upheaval in the top ranks of Salesforce. Benioff’s handpicked co-CEO Brett Taylor, who was also Twitter’s president at the time of its harrowing $44 billion sale to billionaire Elon Musk, left Salesforce. Then, Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield left. Salesforce bought Slack two years ago for about $28 billion.
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