Amazon Job Cuts in AWS and Technology Teams

SOURCE npr.org
Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in its cloud computing unit AWS and in its technology team for physical stores as part of a strategic shift. The company is also making cuts in AWS sales, marketing, and global service organization roles.

Key Points

  • Amazon is cutting 'a few hundred roles' in the physical stores technology team and 'several hundred roles' in AWS sales, marketing, and global service organization.
  • Most of the cuts are related to business changes in AWS training, certification programs, and sales operations.
  • Amazon is making these cuts to invest in other business priorities.

Pros

  • Amazon is optimizing resources to deliver innovation for its customers.
  • The company is continuing to hire in priority areas.

Cons

  • Hundreds of employees are losing their jobs.
  • The layoffs follow other layoffs at Amazon and its subsidiaries earlier in the year.