General scenes at the Amazon Fulfillment center in Robbinsville Township, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Amazon began the new year with more layoffs, stating it would reduce the workforce of its audiobook subsidiary Audible by 5 percent, about 100 workers. This follows several rounds of high-profile layoffs eliminating tens of thousands of jobs over the past few years. Since the end of 2022 Amazon has announced 27,000 layoffs in its tech and corporate offices.
These layoffs are massive, upending the livelihoods of tens of thousands of professional employees as major tech corporations move to “right size” their […]
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