Amazon's begins layoff notifications in cloud computing and HR divisions

Amazon has begun notifying employees impacted by its latest round of layoffs, as the company continues with the biggest job cuts in its nearly three-decade history. The notifications, which went out on Wednesday to workers in Amazon's human resources and cloud computing business units, were part of the latest round of 9,000 job cuts announced by CEO Andy Jassy last month. Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky and head of human resources Beth Galetti sent memo announcing that layoff notifications have begun in their departments It follows an earlier round of layoffs, totaling about 18,000 job cuts, which the company completed earlier this year In his memo, Selipsky said recent explosive growth at AWS 'has come quickly as we've moved as fast as we could to build what customers have needed.' Amazon has begun notifying employees impacted by its latest round of layoffs, as part of the latest round of 9,000 job cuts announced by CEO Andy Jassy last month Amazon has also paused construction on its second headquarters near Washington DC, as the internet retail giant slashes costs.