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Amazon consults on closure of Gourock warehouse

The online retail giant is expected to try and find staff roles at other sites

Insider UK

Amazon to close three UK warehouses as part of cutting 18,000 jobs

It is the largest layoff in the company's history

Wales Online

Could Jeff Bezos return as Amazon CEO? This analyst thinks so

After Amazon shed $1 trillion in value, could Jeff Bezos become the next CEO to return and save a troubled company?

Fortune

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Amazon to axe 18,000 jobs as it cuts costs throughout 2023

The online retailing giant has said that they plan to cut thousands of jobs as it battles to save money throughout the cost of living crisis - meaning that 18,000 will lose out.

Glasgow Live

Amazon to cut more than 18,000 roles, CEO says

The job-slashing plan is the largest among recent workforce reductions that have affected the US tech sector.

Al Jazeera

Amazon Ireland job fears as firm to cut 18,000 roles globally in bid to slash costs

It is understood the job losses will include Europe, but Amazon has not given details of how each country, including Ireland, will be affected. Amazon employs around 5,000 people in Ireland.

Irish Mirror

Amazon To Lay Off Over 18,000 People: CEO Andy Jassy

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company planned to eliminate over 18,000 people, thousands more than originally expected. Read on for details:

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Amazon set to axe 18,000 jobs worldwide in largest layoffs in its history

The online retail firm said roles that will be affected the most include those across its stores, such as Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go, as well as its human resources division

Chronicle Live

Amazon will axe 18,000 jobs amid 'uncertain economy' as it aims to cut costs

The news came from a memo sent by Chief Executive Officer at Amazon Andy Jassy, as the retail giant will slash thousands of job around the world including in Europe

Daily Mirror

In latest tech layoffs, Amazon says it will cut 18,000 jobs

E-commerce giant Amazon has announced it will lay off 18,000 people. CEO Andy Jassy says the cuts will mostly affect the human resources teams and the Amazon Stores operations, and will represent around 6 percent of the company's 300,000 corporate workforce. This comes after similar layoff plans took place at…

France 24

Amazon announces fresh wave of layoffs taking total job cuts to 18,000

CEO Andy Jassy said the move was about ‘finding a way to do more for customers at a lower cost’

Evening Standard

Amazon to slash over 18,000 jobs as part of massive layoffs

Last year it was reported that the tech giant was planning to cut 10,000 jobs with then-Tanaiste Leo Vardakar stating no job losses were anticipated for Ireland

Dublin Live

Amazon CEO says company will lay off more than 18,000 workers

The layoffs represent the single largest number of jobs cut at a technology company since the industry began aggressively downsizing last year.

WEKU

Amazon to axe 18,000 workers as more US tech firms cut jobs

Amazon boss blames economic uncertainty and recent rapid hiring while Salesforce cuts 8,000 roles, almost 1 in 10 staff

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The Times of India

Tech layoffs 2023 tracker: Amazon, Salesforce announce big job cuts

NEW YORK: Layoffs that began in 2022 are accelerating across some technology companies.

Tribune News Service

Amazon layoffs to hit 18,000 people

The wave of layoffs at Amazon will hit thousands more people than originally expected.

The Independent UK

Amazon, Salesforce jettison jobs in latest tech worker purge

E-commerce giant Amazon and business software maker Salesforce are the latest U.S. tech companies to announce major job cuts

Axios

Amazon to cut 18,000 jobs

That figure adds new layoffs on top of a previously announced workforce reduction of 10,000.

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Fortune

The CEO of Amazon Web Services likes to hire people who are ‘restless and dissatisfied.’ Here’s why

Adam Selipsky, who runs Amazon's massive cloud computing business, says "If you’re not dissatisfied with what you see around you, you’re usually not compelled to reinvent something."

Fortune

Amazon is launching its ‘Alexa, thank my driver’ program amid Alexa-focused job cuts and another driver-related lawsuit

The timing of Amazon’s ‘Alexa, thank my driver’ program is awkward in a few ways.

Los Angeles Times

Amazon Prime Video and studios architect Jeff Blackburn to retire

A key architect of Amazon Prime Video, Jeff Blackburn, is retiring from the e-retailing giant.

Tribune News Service

Activists say Amazon is building on sacred land in South Africa

A group of activists is bringing a dispute from South Africa's Cape Town to Amazon's Puget Sound headquarters, hoping to stand in solidarity with some Indigenous people and appeal directly to CEO Andy Jassy.

Fortune

Amazon plans to lay off more than 10,000 workers. Its CEO just defended the hiring spree that caused the cuts

CEO Andy Jassy knew Amazon may have been expanding too fast during the pandemic, but defends layoffs.

Tribune News Service

As Amazon shrinks, some workers' last day comes 2 days before Christmas

Some employees in Amazon's human resources department will clock out for the last time on Dec. 23, part of a broad push by the Seattle-based company to shrink its corporate workforce by 3% in coming months.

The Independent UK

Amazon CEO says company won't take down antisemitic film

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has said the company does not have plans to stop selling the antisemitic film that gained notoriety recently after Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving tweeted out an Amazon link to it

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