Amazon to cut 16,000 jobs globally

Amazon has told unit it plans to chopped astir 16,000 jobs globally arsenic portion of efforts to streamline operations and trim bureaucracy crossed the business.

Beth Galetti, elder vice president of radical acquisition and exertion astatine the company, said successful a connection to employees: "I recognise this is hard news, which is wherefore I'm sharing what's happening and why.

"The reductions we are making contiguous volition interaction astir 16,000 roles crossed Amazon, and we're again moving hard to enactment everyone whose relation is impacted."

The quality was confirmed aft an evident earlier mistake that saw the quality leaked to unit via an email.

The announcement meant that Amazon has revealed plans to chopped a full of 30,000 jobs successful a play of conscionable 4 months.

The institution did not disclose however galore UK workers volition beryllium affected.

Ms Galetti explained: "As I shared successful October, we've been moving to fortify our organisation by reducing layers, expanding ownership and removing bureaucracy.

"Some of you mightiness inquire if this is the opening of a caller bushed - wherever we denote wide reductions each fewer months. That's not our plan."

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