{"id":31881,"date":"2023-01-05T15:08:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T15:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/amazon-to-lay-off-over-18000-employees-ceo"},"modified":"2023-01-05T15:41:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T15:41:34","slug":"amazon-to-lay-off-over-18000-employees-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/amazon-to-lay-off-over-18000-employees-ceo","title":{"rendered":"Amazon to lay off over 18,000 employees: CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>US e-commerce giant Amazon will lay off more than 18,000 employees, CEO Andy Jassy said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Between the reductions we made in November and the ones we\u2019re sharing today, we plan to eliminate just over 18,000 roles,&#8221; Jassy said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Several teams are impacted; however, the majority of role eliminations are in our Amazon Stores and PXT (People, Experience, and Technology) organizations,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are working to support those who are affected and are providing packages that include a separation payment, transitional health insurance benefits, and external job placement support,&#8221; Jassy added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, citing people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported that over 17,000 jobs would be eliminated. The layoffs are focused in the company\u2019s corporate ranks, it said.<\/p>\n<p>In November, the Seattle-based company announced that it was beginning layoffs among its corporate workforce. The cuts were concentrated on its devices business, recruiting and retail operations, said the report.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Journal, as of September, the company employed 1.5 million people, with a large percentage of them working in its warehouses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. US e-commerce giant Amazon will lay off more than 18,000 employees, CEO Andy Jassy said Wednesday. &#8220;Between the reductions we made in November and the ones we\u2019re sharing today, we plan to eliminate just over 18,000 roles,&#8221; Jassy said in a release. &#8220;Several teams are impacted; however, the majority of role eliminations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":31880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-31881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Amazon to lay off over 18,000 employees: CEO - 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