After Twitter & Meta, Amazon is now planning to layoff 10,000 of its employees.

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According to The New York Times, the upcoming layoffs will be the biggest in the company's history.

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At present, Amazon employes more than 1.5 million employees globally, which includes hourly staff.

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The tech biggie is planning the layoffs due to current macroeconomic issues & falling revenue.

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The report points out that Amazon's layoffs will affect staff in the retail division & human resources.

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Several employees working on Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa will also lose their jobs, the report adds.

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Well, the news regarding the layoffs isn't entirely surprising, as Amazon has been taking strict measures to cut costs.

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As per The Wall Street Journal report, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is closely monitoring the Alexa department, which has roughly 10,000 workers.

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The report also claimed that the department hasn't been "profitable" & is operating at losses worth $5 billion a year.

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Amazon is reportedly considering not adding new capabilities to the Alexa voice assistant.

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