Key facts
- Amazon confirmed job cuts primarily in its Stores unit.
- Fewer than 1,000 white-collar workers were affected.
- Employees in the US, India, and the UK received pink slips.
- The cuts are part of ongoing reductions following larger layoffs last year.
Amazon confirmed on Wednesday that it had reduced its workforce by a small number of jobs, predominantly within its Stores division, which oversees the company's primary e-commerce website. These layoffs coincide with Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days sales event, which runs through Wednesday.
The recent cuts are the latest in a series of reductions, following a larger wave of approximately 30,000 job cuts that began last year and extended into January. Employees affected by the latest layoffs shared news from internal Slack channels, with some reaching out to Reuters. A person familiar with the matter indicated that fewer than 1,000 white-collar workers were let go, a detail first reported by Business Insider.