After continuing rumors a few days ago about a social plan for the giant’s e -commerce group, Amazon confirmed that it had begun to demobilize employees to confront the economic crisis.
In an internal note published on the Amazon website, the CEO of the American Group, Andy Jassi, said: “The economy is still in a complex situation and we have quickly appointed employees in recent years.
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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 operates in the field of brand electronic devices such as “Kindle” reading devices. As for the existing shops, they will not be affected by demobilization operations.
Amazon CEO explained that there will be more job cuts with managers progress in their amendments, explaining that employees and organizations concerned with these decisions will be informed at the beginning of 2023.
Jaci said: “I have been occupying this position about a year and a half ago, and this is undoubtedly the most difficult decision we made during this period.
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He stressed that he realizes that it 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 End of the year celebrations.
Two weeks ago, the company announced the freezing of employment in its offices. Its work has actually operating since the beginning of the year when it has been working with 1. 62 million full -time or part -time.
Amazon employed a large number of workers during the epidemic to meet the explosion.
The number of international workers has doubled between 2020 and the beginning of 2022.
However, the American retail giant witnessed a decrease in its net profits by 9 percent 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 percent in one year.
A number of technology companies that carried out major employment operations during the epidemic recently announced social plans, including Meta (Facebook), Instagram, Twitter and Sterie..
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