Amazon.com will cut some jobs in the United States, Canada and Costa Rica by the end of Wednesday as part of its plan to lay off 18,000 employees, e-commerce giant Amazon.com said in a note to employees seen by Reuters.
The layoffs are the latest in the US tech sector, as companies slash their bloated workforce and cut costs to reverse pandemic-era excesses and prepare for a worsening global economy.
Amazon.com CEO Andy Jassy said earlier this month that the cuts, about 6% of the company’s roughly 300,000 employees, will mostly affect its e-commerce and human resources departments.
Microsoft said earlier on Wednesday that it would cut about 10,000 jobs and cut $1.2 billion.
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