Amazon cuts hundreds of jobs in retail division
Amazon has laid off several hundred employees in its Stores division, which operates the company’s main e-commerce platform. The cuts, affecting fewer than 1,000 white-collar workers across the US, India, and the UK, were confirmed this week and impacted teams such as customer service and retail engineering. These reductions coincide with Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days shopping event and follow a series of smaller job cuts after a large workforce reduction last year.
- Amazon confirmed layoffs in its Stores division
- Fewer than 1,000 employees were affected
- Job cuts spanned the US, India, and the UK
- Customer service and engineering teams were impacted
- Layoffs occurred during major sales event
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