E-Commerce Company Amazon Can Once Again Fire About 18,000 Employees

Arpa Times January 5, 2023

Amazon Layoffs : The world’s largest e-commerce company Amazon (E-Commerce Company Amazon) can once again lay offs a large number of its employees. The special thing is that this time the layoffs can bigger than the earlier planning of Amazon Layoffs. According to the report publish in the Wall Street Journal, layoffs are going on in Amazon since the month of November.

Earlier the company was about to lay off 10,000 employees, but now this figure may cross 18,000. So far the company has not issue any official statement on this matter. Let us tell you that the growth of Amazon has decline rapidly in the recent past. In such a situation, the company is trying to reduce its expenses by laying off thousands of its employees.

Amazon Layoffs : These Employees can Lose Jobs

This Seattle-based company of America had prepare to fire about 10,000 workers in the month of November. This includes many employees of retail, HR department. Along with this, the company had also told that during the Corona epidemic, the company had hire many new people. In such a situation, after the lockdown opened in the countries, there was no need for these people. In such a situation, the company can now retrench these people on a large scale.

16 Lakh Employment Every Year

In the year 2022, according to the report publish in the New York Times in November, Amazon employs about 1.6 million people all over the world. If a total of 18,000 employees lose their jobs, then it will be 12 percent of the total company’s employees. The employees who will retrench will give 24 hours notice and severance pay.

Let us tell you that in the year 2023, the whole world including America is in recession. In such a situation, from the year 2022 itself, many companies had start laying off their employees. This includes the names of many big companies like Twitter, Microsoft, Facebook’s parent company Meta.