Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs across company
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An early alert left impacted employees in the dark.
Amazon announces another mass layoff as CEO Andy Jassy takes aim at bureaucracy and seeks a cultural reset.
Estimates place Texas 3rd in the nation for Amazon workforce size.
Amazon will lay off approximately 400 workers in Washington state as part of its decision to close all Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores across the country, according to a notice filed with the state Employment Security Department on Wednesday.
Amazon has been "working to strengthen our organization by reducing layers."
Amazon announced 16,000 corporate layoffs on Wednesday. Executives say it aims to transform into the 'world's largest startup' with a cultural reset.
Amazon is laying off 16,000 employees, the company’s second round of massive job reductions in two months as it fights to improve its standing in the battle for AI supremacy.
The message was apparently sent in error hours before workers were expecting thousands of job cuts to be announced.