Amazon job cuts hit staffers in grocery, robotics, payments, AWS divisions
As per Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filings, at least 2,300 employees were laid off in Amazon's home state of Washington.
As per Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filings, at least 2,300 employees were laid off in Amazon's home state of Washington.
Amazon had already announced job cuts starting very soon but it looks like the tech giant will continue to lay off employees.
Amazon said the new jobs will include roles across its operations network, at its corporate offices and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
“We have upped (campus hires) to 28,000 plus. That's what we offered in 2021,” said Rajesh Nambiar, chairman and managing director of Cognizant India. “We remain very confident in Cognizant standing as a magnet for skilled talent and a great place to build a career.”
The move comes as AWS' current lead Andy Jassy is vacating the role to become the chief executive officer of Amazon, after Jeff Bezos announced his exit in February.
Jassy has led AWS since before the launch of its first major services in 2006. Cloud computing was not a natural area for Amazon, then almost exclusively an online retail company.
The move by Amazon Web Services (AWS) comes as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's conservative government has stepped up efforts to attract foreign investment and draw high tech companies to Greece.
"Happy to announce the largest FDI in the history of Telangana! After a series of meetings, AWS has finalized investment of Rs 20,761 Cr ($ 2.77 Bn) to set up multiple data centers in Telangana The @AWSCloud Hyd Region is expected to be launched by mid 2022," the minister tweeted.
In his LinkedIn profile, Brian Hall who served as Vice President of Product Marketing at AWS, describes his current designation as "waiting to work as a VP, at Google".