Amazon sheds 27k employees in Q1 in return to traditional post-holiday jobs pattern
April 29, 2021 at 4:16 pm
Amazon’s total number of full- and part-time employees fell to 1.271 million people in the first quarter of 2021, down 27,000 positions from the fourth quarter of 2020, according to numbers released Thursday along with the company’s blockbuster earnings report.
In raw numbers, it’s the largest quarter-over-quarter employment decline in Amazon’s history. But flat or declining employment has been a common pattern for the e-commerce giant in the first quarter in years past. That’s because it follows the peak holiday quarter, when Amazon boosts staffing at its fulfillment and distribution centers.