Amazon will lay off 9,000 more employees in the coming weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.The cuts are on top of the previously announced layoffs that began in November and extended into January. That round totaled more than 18,000 employees, and primarily affected staffers in its retail, devices, recruiting…
March 16, 2023, 11:06 a.m.One Redditor: “I actually enjoy reading my local newspaper when it’s on the Kindle as opposed to the paper’s poorly designed website and frequently broken app.” It doesn’t matter whether they’re for your Kindle or in print — starting this week, Amazon is no longer selling newspaper and magazine subscriptions. Publishers were…
Dive Brief: Amazon is permanently closing eight Go convenience stores — two in Seattle, two New York City and four in San Francisco — on April 1, a spokesperson from the company said in an email. Despite these closures, the company will “continue to open new Amazon Go stores,” and is “working closely with all…
Amazon will require its employees to work from the office at least three days a week, effective May 1.CEO Andy Jassy told employees Friday the executive team made the decision earlier this week. The announcement comes after nearly three years of experimenting with different models of fully remote work and a hybrid system of in-person…
Just a few days after announcing a significant round of layoffs that will impact 18,000 employees, Amazon is trying to find money wherever it can as the company announced that it would end AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile is a donation program that redirects 0.5% of the cost of all eligible products toward charities. It is a separate…
[monthFull] [day], [year] The company, which ranks among the top corporate philanthropists in the U.S., will continue to pursue and invest in other areas where it can make meaningful change—from building affordable housing to providing access to computer science education for students in underserved communities. Today we started sending the below email to AmazonSmile…
