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Amazon to cut 18,000 corporate and technology jobs

The layoffs represent about 6% of the company’s total corporate workforce

01/05/2023

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Amazon to cut 18,000 corporate and technology jobs

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The layoffs represent about 6% of the company’s total corporate workforce

Amazon is scaling back as economic uncertainty continues to worsen globally, with plans to cut some 18,000 corporate and technology jobs — a massive expansion from the 10,000 jobs Amazon previously planned to cut. The layoffs represent about 6% of the company’s total corporate workforce.

01/05/2023

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