Andy Jassy announced that Amazon employees impacted by its largest layoff in history will start to get notified Wednesday. The company plans to lay off just over 18,000 people.
CEO of Amazon Andy Jassy is firing 10,000 employees, but doesn't regret hiring them during Amazon's rocketing growth in sales during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company has been trying to "streamline" costs while also trying to invest in areas they they believe will impact the company in the long term.
A former employee, Gerald Bryson, was fired in April 2020, weeks after participating in a protest over working conditions during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.