Amazon announces more than 17,000 layoffs

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The Seattle-based company began laying off staff in November, and a source told Reuters news agencies at the time that Amazon was targeting 10,000 job cuts.

Euskaraz irakurri: 17,000tik gora langile kaleratuko ditu Amazon

Amazon.com Inc. plan say goodbye See you over 17,000 laborers and workersa larger number than the e-commerce giant initially planned, the Wall Street Journalciting sources close to the case.

According to the WSJ report, some of the additional layoffs have come from Amazon’s corporate ranks.

The Seattle-based company began laying off staff in November, and a source told Reuters news agencies at the time that Amazon was targeting 10,000 job cuts.

Amazon, the second largest private company in the United States with more than 1.5 million workersincluding warehouse workers, braces for likely slower growth as rising inflation forces businesses and consumers to cut spending.

The hardest hit divisions will be the stores (Amazon stores) and that of PXT. The company plans to communicate with affected employees starting in 2015 January 18.

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Source: EITB

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