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Amazon Web Services cuts hundreds of jobs in sales, training, and physical stores tech group

GeekWire

GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services will cut several hundred jobs in its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services organization, and a few hundred jobs on its Physical Stores Technology team, executives in the tech giant’s cloud computing division informed employees Wednesday morning in internal emails.

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Amazon downsizes AWS in a fresh cost-cutting round

CIO Business Intelligence

In a fresh round of layoffs, Amazon is laying off hundreds in the company’s cloud division, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon’s cloud computing division has long been a key driver of its profitability. In 2018, Amazon introduced cashier-less tech “Just Walk Out” at a Seattle store.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of March 31, 2024

GeekWire

… Read More Where Amazon Web Services is still hiring after cutting hundreds of jobs this week Amazon Web Services announced hundreds of job cuts this week, in areas including training, sales, and physical stores technology, but noted that it’s still hiring in core areas of its business, with thousands of jobs currently posted.

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Layoffs, buyouts, and rescinded offers: Amazon’s status as a top tech employer is taking a hit

Vox

The exterior of the Amazon Spheres in downtown Seattle on November 14, 2022, as Amazon began the largest layoffs in its history. A leaked memo shows Amazon was concerned with attracting and retaining top engineers earlier this year. Amazon has long been one of the top employers in the tech industry. Until last month.

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Inside the battle for the future of Amazon

Vox

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is leading the company through one of its most turbulent periods. For years, it seemed as though nothing could stop Amazon’s explosive growth and success. That’s what we are all asking ourselves,” a former Amazon marketing leader, who left the company in 2021, told Recode.

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