Amazon fires employees

Image Source : AP Representational Image Amazon layoffs: For the last year, tech giants have been firing their staff amid concerns about the global recession. Amid this uncertainty, Amazon now plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks. CEO Andy Jassy said the second phase of the company’s annual planning process completed this month led to the…

Amazon.com Inc's layoffs will now include more than 18,000 roles as part of a workforce reduction it previously disclosed, Chief Executive Andy Jassy said in a public staff note on Wednesday. The layoff decisions, which Amazon will communicate starting Jan. 18, will largely impact the company's e-commerce and human resources organizations, he said. The cuts amount to 6% of Amazon's roughly 300,000-person corporate workforce and represent a swift turn for a retailer that recently doubled its base pay ceiling to…