OUR Amazon according to the New York Times, is preparing to lay off about 10,000 workers. If confirmed, the online sales platform will be the last US tech giant to respond to economic crisis with a lot of job cuts.

The number of layoffs Amazon is planning is just under 1% of the payroll costs of the group, which employed 1.6 million people globally as of the end of 2021.

A significant part of the staff of this giant are seasonal workers who are hired during periods of increased activity, especially during the holidays at the end of the year.

The number of layoffs is “likely to change.”

According to the NYT, these cuts will affect jobs in the Amazon Devices division (electronic devices equipped with Alexa voice assistant or Kindle readers), in the retail sales department, as well as in the human resources department. However, the breakdown by country is not specified.

The American newspaper also clarifies that the total number of layoffs is likely to change. If confirmed, it would be the largest layoff plan in the company’s history.

After contacting AFP, Amazon did not immediately respond.

Two weeks ago, the company had already announced the suspension of hiring in its offices.

Facebook’s parent company Meta announced last Wednesday it was cutting 11,000 jobs, affecting about 13% of its workforce.

Two Silicon Valley companies, payments specialist Stripe and chauffeur-driven booking platform Lyft, also recently announced massive layoffs.

Twitter, recently acquired by Elon Musk, has laid off about half of its 7,500 employees.

^{Source: APE-MEB, AFP.}