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Amazon Plans About 10,000 Layoffs In Retail, Devices & HR Units – Report

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The same day that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pledged to give away most of his $124 billion fortune comes word that his company is planning some 10,000 layoffs.

Citing unnamed sources, The New York Times reported today that Amazon will lay off thousands of corporate and tech staffers, potentially beginning this week, in what would be its widest job cuts ever.

The paper said the layoffs will focus on retail, human resources and devices units, the latter including people who work on the AI voice assistant Alexa.

If the number of layoffs is accurate, it would represent roughly 3% of Amazon’s corporate workforce and less than 1% of its 1.5 million global employees.

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