Amazon cuts 250 jobs, employees informed through early morning emails

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New Delhi: Amazon announced job cuts in its Devices & Services business on Wednesday. It has let go of some 250 employees working on the division that makes Kindle e-readers and Echo smart speakers.

The report said the impacted employees learned of the layoffs from emails and text messages sent in the early hours of the day. Cherie Robinson, a vice president in Amazon Devices and Services who email to employees said the company had assessed its organizational structure before making the decision to cut roles.

Amazon said the layoffs will help it run more efficiently and better adjust its workforce with the company’s product roadmap. The company did not formally specify the number of workers impacted.

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The most recent layoffs mark a few weeks after Amazon announced it was cutting close to 1,000 positions within the retail business earlier this month. Amazon had announced 16,000 layoffs in January after it laid off 14,000 employees last October.

Recently, Amazon has also been further investing in AI. It is currently estimated that Amazon may spend as much as $220 billion on AI this year.

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