Amazon CEO Andy Jassy confirmed layoffs are coming. Jassy announced that more than 18000 employees will be impacted by layoffs, including many from India. Past reports hinted that Amazon could fire nearly 1000 employees in India across various departments, including tech, human resource, and some more. Looks like the tech company has begun firing employees globally, including in India. In last week’s blog post, Jassy confirmed the company will communicate with impacted employees after January 18. As layoffs begin at Amazon, many impacted employees have taken to social media platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter to share that they have been laid off and are open to new opportunities. Sources close to India Today Tech reveal that layoffs have hit multiple departments operating from India, across offices in Bengaluru, Gurugram, and others. Loss-making teams are most impacted. Among the laid-off employees are both freshers and experienced employees.
Amazon has sent an email to impacted employees informing them that they have been laid off. The email, our sources confirm, asks the employee to meet the leadership team on a specified date to get more clarity on the situation. In the same email, the company promised to offer 5 months of severance pay, which Elon Musk’s Twitter is conveniently avoiding. Most former Twitter employees laid off by Elon Musk last year are still waiting to get updates on severance. Some employees have received severance mail from the company that landed in the spam folder, but aren’t very happy with the payment structure.
