Multinational technology company Amazon is laying off about 14,000 employees, the company has confirmed. A message sent out to staff on the company’s website followed media reports that the group was planning 30,000 job cuts.
News of the layoffs on Tuesday came just a few months after CEO Andrew Jassy said the rollout of artificial intelligence (AI) technology was likely to spell job cuts. He also launched an “inefficiencies initiative” in which he invited workers to report unnecessary bureaucracy and inefficiencies that could be targeted for cost savings.
What has happened?
Multiple news outlets reported on Monday that Amazon, based in Seattle, Washington, in the United States, was planning to lay off 30,000 corporate employees, quoting unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
On Tuesday, in a message sent to Amazon employees, Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people…
