Amazon.com’s Whole Foods Market grocery chain plans to lay off some corporate employees over the next two months as part of a reorganization plan to simplify operations, the company announced Thursday.
The company told employees that it will make changes to certain Global and Regional Support Teams, resulting in staff cuts, according to a memo sent to employees by the Whole Foods executive team.
The layoffs will impact less than 0.5 percent of the company’s total workforce, a Whole Foods spokesperson confirmed.
After the restructuring, the grocery chain will reduce the number of operating regions from nine to six. It will also create a companywide operations team and transition some specific store support services from regions to a single team….