Amazon on Wednesday confirmed it started laying off employees, days after several news outlets reported the retail giant would cut as many as 10,000 employees in the near future.
Dave Limp, Amazon’s senior vice president of devices and services, told employees that some roles and teams won’t be needed. Some employees were told Tuesday that Amazon will work to find them new jobs within the firm, but others will be laid off, he said.
“After a deep set of reviews, we recently decided to consolidate some teams and programs. One of the consequences of these decisions is that some roles will no longer be required,” Limp said in a publicly shared memo. “It pains me to have to deliver this news as we know we will lose talented Amazonians from the Devices & Services org as a result. I am incredibly proud of the team we have built and to see even one valued team member leave is never an outcome any of us want.”…