Amazon’s latest round of sweeping layoffs hit hundreds in New York
NY Post
Amazon’s latest round of brutal layoffs included several hundred employees in New York, The Post has learned.
Some 135 corporate Amazon employees who worked at 1140 Broadway received pink slips in January, according to a state Department of Labor filing this week.
Another 165 Amazon workers in New York were axed, with the government records expected to hit the system within the coming weeks, a source familiar with the filings told The Post.
They’re all part of 16,000 layoffs announced last month. In October, the e-commerce giant slashed another 14,000 corporate jobs — part of a restructuring plan stemming from investments in artificial intelligence and what experts described as over-hiring during the COVID pandemic.
The company’s CEO Andy Jassy has slashed nearly 10% of Amazon’s workforce in a three-month span.
Last year, he said new tech could create new job opportunities – though he also admitted it could bring “efficiency gains” by helping to reduce the overall workforce.
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