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Amazon lays off 500 employees in India: Reports

| @indiablooms | May 16, 2023, at 03:37 pm

Technology giant Amazon India has laid off 500 employees in India, media reports said on Tuesday.

Amazon is laying off employees in India across different businesses and functions including Amazon Web Services (AWS), human resources, and support functions, multiple people aware of the matter told The Economic Times.

The Seattle-based technology giant is letting go of at least 500 employees in India, and the process is ongoing, they told the newspaper.

This latest layoff is additional to those announced by  Amazon CEO Andy Jassy in March.

March layoffs had impacted 9000 jobs globally.

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