{"id":12699,"date":"2023-01-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gigas-jp.com\/appnews\/?p=12699"},"modified":"2023-01-06T18:35:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T09:35:59","slug":"tech-layoffs-continue-at-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gigas-jp.com\/appnews\/archives\/12699","title":{"rendered":"Tech layoffs continue at Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amazon has announced it will cut more than 18,000 positions at the company and extend a previously announced layoff of about 10,000 employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement represents just 1.2% of his 1.5 million employees worldwide at Amazon, but it&#8217;s significant in terms of the number of people affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1038\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gigas-jp.com\/appnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/01\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12700\" \/><figcaption>Credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The news comes just one day after Salesforce announced it would cut about 10% of its workforce, impacting more than 7,000 employees, and countless employees throughout 2022 to overcome financial obstacles. A number of companies continue to lay off employees. The tech company will cut more than 150,000 jobs in 2022, according to data from layoff-tracking website <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/layoffs.fyi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Layoffs.fyi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement appears to have come sooner than Amazon intended, after reports obtained preliminary details through leaks. 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