That’s a higher number than expected. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Amazon’s ongoing layoffs will affect more than 17,000 workers, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. That’s significantly more than previously rumored — in November, The New York Times reported that the company was aiming to cut its workforce by around 10,000. In September 2022, the company said it had around 1.5 million employees in total.
Since then, Amazon admitted it was consolidating “some teams and programs” in its hardware and services division, as SVP Dave Limp put it in a November email. However, the company never officially confirmed the original number. CEO Andy Jassy did tell workers that there would be “more role reductions as leaders continue to make adjustments” in 2023, but the company’s been very vague…
