"It's been a brutal week when it comes to layoffs. On Monday, shoe giant Nike announced it would lay off 775 employees, and on Tuesday, Pinterest announced it would lay off around 15% of its workforce. The same day, UPS announced 30,000 job cuts. Now Amazon is also joining their ranks with the announcement today of mass layoffs. Here's what you need to know."
"On Wednesday, Amazon announced that it was eliminating 16,000 positions across its workforce. The company has around 1.5 million workers worldwide. In an unfortunate event, on Tuesday, Amazon accidentally sent an email to employees referencing the layoffs before they had been communicated to staff. But now the company has made the layoff announcement official. In a blog post on its website, Amazon's senior vice president of people experience and technology, Beth Galetti, reposted the message sent to Amazon employees earlier in the day."
"In that message, Galetti said the layoffs "will impact approximately 16,000 roles" at the company. Galetti did not state which divisions would be most impacted by the layoffs. However, the senior VP did note that Amazon will be offering most U.S.-based employees who are affected by the layoffs a chance to look for a new position within the company for the next 90 days."
This week several major employers announced large-scale layoffs, including Nike, Pinterest, UPS, and Amazon. Amazon announced elimination of approximately 16,000 positions out of about 1.5 million employees worldwide. An internal email referencing the cuts was accidentally sent to employees before formal communication. Beth Galetti, Amazon's senior vice president of people experience and technology, reposted the employee message on the company blog confirming the reductions. Galetti said the layoffs "will impact approximately 16,000 roles," did not specify which business units would be most affected, and said most U.S.-based affected employees can search for internal positions for 90 days.
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