Amazon is cutting another 9,000 workers, adding to the massive downsizing happening across an embattled tech sector that is uncertain about the economic future.
The layoffs will happen “in the coming weeks,” according to CEO Andy Jassy, who announced the cuts in a memo shared with staff and uploaded in a blog post on Monday.
“This was a difficult decision, but one that we think is best for the company long term,” Jassy wrote in the memo. He said the layoffs will mostly hit employees in its cloud platform, people’s experience department that works with employees, advertising, and the Twitch video service.
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