Amazon plans to lay off about 10,000 workers, the biggest cut in its history

Amazonthe technology giant where around 1.5 million people work and one of the largest employers in the United States, plans to lay off to approximately 10,000 workers starting this weekadvanced The New York Times.

This would be the largest cut in the company’s history and would represent roughly 3% of Amazon’s corporate employees and less than 1% of its global workforce.

The cuts will focus on the organization of devices of Amazonincluding the Alexa voice assistant, as well as in its retail division and in human resources, noted the sources, who spoke to the outlet on condition of anonymity.

Amazon said two weeks ago that it had decided to pause corporate hiring because the economy was “in an uncertain place.”

“We will maintain this pause for the next few months and continue to monitor what we are seeing in the economy and in the business to make the necessary adjustments,” said the vice president of the People and Technology Experience section, Beth Galetti, in a statement.

It is striking that this possible cut occurs so close to the Christmas shopping season, when the internet shopping giant generally values ​​stability.

What other tech companies have opted for mass layoffs?

If layoffs happen, Amazon it would be the latest company to join the long list of tech companies that opted for mass layoffs.

This month, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger – announced that it will lay off 11,000 workers, 13% of its workforce; Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and the new owner of Twitter, laid off half the staff of a workforce of about 7,500 people worldwide.

Also, the car-sharing company with a driver Lyft said it would cut 13% of its employees. On the other hand, Stripe, a payment processing platform, said it would cut 14% of its workers, roughly 1,100 jobs.

With information from EFE.