Internal messages reveal which teams, jobs affected in Amazon layoffs
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- Amazon is laying off 16,000 corporate employees.
- Internal Slack messages show some of the affected teams.
- Many of the employees who posted had software engineering roles.
Amazon on Wednesday said it's cutting 16,000 corporate roles, the company's second round of layoffs in four months.
Employees in the US, UK, and India have been receiving notifications about the cuts, according to internal Slack posts viewed by Business Insider.
The messages suggest impacted teams include those within the company's Amazon Web Services cloud unit, such as the AI cloud service Bedrock, the cloud data warehouse service Redshift, and the ProServe consulting team, as well as retail business teams such as the Prime subscription service and the last-mile Delivery Experience team.
Many of the affected employees who posted to an internal Amazon Slack channel seeking job leads had software engineering roles.
Amazon said it's offering "most" US-based employees 90 days to search for a new role internally. Those who are unable to find a role or opt not to find a new position will receive support, including severance and health insurance benefits.
This round of layoffs is the latest mass job cut since October, when Amazon shed 14,000 roles. Amazon employs more than 1.5 million people globally, though its corporate workforce represents a relatively small share of that total, at roughly 350,000 employees.
A calendar invite sent on behalf of one of the company's most senior executives yesterday appeared to have accidentally leaked details about the layoff plans.
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