Amazon confirmed, on Thursday, that she began to demobilize employees to confront the economic crisis, after continuing rumors a few days ago about a social plan for the giant e -commerce group.
“The economy is still in a complex situation and we have quickly appointed employees in recent years. ”
A number of American media stated that the platform, in its various branches, would be about ten thousand employees.
Andy Jassi did not confirm this number, but he said that the operation started on Wednesday and will continue at the beginning of next year.
Displacement procedures include the first stage that operate in the field of brand electronic devices such as the Kindle reading devices, while existing shops will not be affected by the layoffs.
“There will be more job discounts with managers progress in their amendments,” said Amazon.
Jaci said: “I have occupied this position about a year and a half ago, and this is undoubtedly the most difficult decision we made during this period. ”
He stressed that he realizes that the matter is not related to “jobs”, but “people with emotions, aspirations and responsibilities and their lives will be affected. ”
The volume of the reduction – ten thousand employees – constitutes a little less than one percent of the current wages block for the group where the number of workers was 1.
54 million people around the world at the end of September, with the exception of seasonal workers who are appointed during the increasing activity periods, especially in celebrations The end of the year.
Two weeks ago, the company announced the freezing of employment in its offices, and its work has actually operating since the beginning of the year when it worked 1. 62 million full -time or part -time.
Amazon employed a large number of workers during the epidemic to meet the explosion in the demand, and the number of international workers in it has doubled between the beginning of 2020 and the beginning of 2022.
However, the American retail giant witnessed a decrease in its net profit by 9% on an annual basis in the third quarter of this year.
As for the current semester, the group expects a slight growth in its standards during the end -of -year celebration period ranging between 2 and 8% in one year.
A number of technology companies, which carried out major employment operations during the epidemic, recently announced social plans, including Meta (Facebook), Instagram, Twitter and Sterie..
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