April, 04, 2024: Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud-computing arm of Amazon, announced on Wednesday that it has eliminated several hundred roles in its sales, marketing, and tech divisions. This move is the latest in a series of job cuts by its parent company, Amazon.com.
The impacted staff include a few hundred each at AWS’ sales, marketing and global services division and the physical stores technology team. “We’ve identified a few targeted areas of the organization we need to streamline,” an AWS spokesperson said.
Over the past months, Amazon has laid off hundreds of staff in divisions, including its Prime Video service, healthcare business, and Alexa voice assistant unit. More than 57,000 workers have been laid off across 229 firms so far this year, according to tracking website Layoffs.fyi.
Amazon had laid off more than 27,000 in 2022 and 2023, after the tech industry hired too many people during the pandemic. The cut at AWS’ 60,000-strong sales, marketing, and global services division are likely part of a broad reorganization under sales chief Matt Garman.
Despite a slowdown in growth last year due to an uncertain economy, Amazon’s cloud business has been showing signs of stabilization, helping the company beat quarterly revenue expectations in February. However, its position as the world’s biggest cloud provider is being challenged by rival Microsoft.
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