Amazon Layoffs: Sacked Employees Break Down In India Offices, People Left 'Crying'
1 year, 11 months ago

Amazon Layoffs: Sacked Employees Break Down In India Offices, People Left 'Crying'

ABP News  

As Amazon announced to lay off 18,000 employees globally including nearly 1,000 in India, reports have surfaced that some of the impacted employees broke down and were left "crying in the office" when they heard they have been asked to go. On Grapevine, a community app for Indian professionals, an Amazon India employee posted sad scenes at offices, including people crying after the announcement of layoffs. Corporate Chat India also posted the screenshot of the user, saying "Atmosphere at Amazon India as layoffs take place". In the same month, the Union Labour Ministry summoned Amazon India to appear before the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner in Bengaluru in connection with the alleged forced terminations by the company.

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‘Quiet Firing’: Are Indian IT Firms Taking The Silent Route Of Layoffs?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Quiet Firing’: Are Indian IT Firms Taking The Silent Route Of Layoffs?

ABP News  

Some Indian companies, especially those in the IT services field, are letting employees go without making much noise about it, or they can say they are implementing ‘silent sacking’ or ‘quiet firing, ' according to an association. Layoffs pose a substantial financial burden for companies, as they are required to offer severance packages to affected employees, states a report by …

Tech layoffs this week: Byju’s, Apple, Amazon cut jobs citing downsizing, shifts. More companies to follow?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tech layoffs this week: Byju’s, Apple, Amazon cut jobs citing downsizing, shifts. More companies to follow?

Hindustan Times  

Tech layoffs 2024: The tech industry saw more layoffs this week as companies are sacking employees across departments. The big companies that fired employees include Amazon, Apple and Byju’s who cited strategic shifts and downsizing as the reason for job cuts in the industry. As per Layoffs.fyi, 235 companies have laid off 57,785 employees in 2024 as in January, 121 …

Layoffs Reached All-Time High in 2023, India Ranked 2nd After US for Firing 18,000 Employees
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Layoffs Reached All-Time High in 2023, India Ranked 2nd After US for Firing 18,000 Employees

News 18  

Layoff-fyi, a website that tracks jobs globally, has revealed that 2.61 lakh people lost their jobs in 2023. According to statistics, here are the estimated numbers of individuals fired country-wise: United States: 179.2 Thousand India: 16.4 Thousand Germany: 13.1 Thousand Sweden: 11.1 Thousand United Kingdom: 9.4 Thousand Around 4,700 individuals were laid off in the ed-tech sector, followed by the …

Amazon employee gets fired after 12 years of service, says he is leaving a place he called home
1 year, 2 months ago

Amazon employee gets fired after 12 years of service, says he is leaving a place he called home

India Today  

Be it a new employee who just started working or a senior with several years of experience, nobody has been safe from the layoffs wave that took over the tech world earlier this year. Major IT giants like Amazon, Meta, Twitter, Google and Microsoft, amongst others, collectively fired thousands of employees across the globe, impacting many lives. An Amazon employee, …

Amazon employee returns to India after losing job, says he is trying to go back to the US
1 year, 3 months ago

Amazon employee returns to India after losing job, says he is trying to go back to the US

India Today  

Amazon fired thousands of employees earlier this year, and the move impacted many families across the globe. This is what happened with an Indian-origin Amazon employee who lost his job in the US and returned to India. Amazon employee loses job The ex-Amazon employee mentioned in his LinkedIn post that he was working as a Software Development Engineer at the …

Tech Layoffs: Amazon India lays off around 500 people in HR, tech support and web services teams
1 year, 7 months ago

Tech Layoffs: Amazon India lays off around 500 people in HR, tech support and web services teams

Firstpost  

Amazon India has conducted a new round of layoffs that have affected employees in the Amazon Web Services and People Experience and Technology Solutions divisions, according to sources working in the company. Also read: Tech Layoffs: Amazon starts terminating more people, this time from HR and Amazon Web Services HR, tech support and web services teams get the pink slip …

Amazon lays off 500 employees in India: Reports
1 year, 7 months ago

Amazon lays off 500 employees in India: Reports

Hindustan Times  

According to reports, Amazon has laid off around 500 employees in India, with their termination coming as part of the 9,000 global job cuts announced by CEO Andy Jassy in March. The India layoffs have been carried out across verticals such as Amazon Web Services, Human Resources, reports said citing people familiar with developments. Amazon Digital Kendras shut down As …

Laid off Amazon India employee says she is grieving, turns to LinkedIn for job search
1 year, 7 months ago

Laid off Amazon India employee says she is grieving, turns to LinkedIn for job search

India Today  

Amazon India employees are slowly getting impacted by company-wide layoffs. A former employee at Amazon's Bengaluru office is deeply affected by the layoff and is struggling to find a job. In a post on LinkedIn, former employee Srishti Dasgupta who worked as a senior compliance associate, wrote that she has been struggling to process the layoff for over 20 days. …

Amazon India lays off employees in HR, web services departments: details inside
1 year, 7 months ago

Amazon India lays off employees in HR, web services departments: details inside

India Today  

Amazon India has laid off hundreds of employees in recent weeks, as part of a larger round of layoffs at the company. People in a variety of roles, including Amazon Web Services, People Experience and Technology Solutions, and other business units have been affected in the layoffs. Towards the end of April, a memo by AWS CEO Adam Selipsky revealed …

Tech Layoffs: Amazon starts terminating more people, this time from HR and Amazon Web Services
1 year, 7 months ago

Tech Layoffs: Amazon starts terminating more people, this time from HR and Amazon Web Services

Firstpost  

Amazon has begun laying off employees once more, this time from their numerous HR departments as well as its AWS or Amazon Web Services technical teams. Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky and Human Resources Director Beth Galetti told staff in the United States, Canada, and Costa Rica of the layoffs. Jassy has proved that two of Amazon’s largest and …

Amazon layoffs continue, now 100 employees from its video games unit fired
1 year, 8 months ago

Amazon layoffs continue, now 100 employees from its video games unit fired

Live Mint  

The news comes weeks after Amazon announced a second round of mass layoffs. Layoffs continued at Amazon this week with 100 employees from the company's video games unit losing their jobs. The news comes weeks after Amazon announced a second round of mass layoffs, piling on to a wave of job cuts that has swept the technology sector as a …

Amazon India employee loses job after 6 months of joining, says parting ways is not easy
1 year, 9 months ago

Amazon India employee loses job after 6 months of joining, says parting ways is not easy

India Today  

Amazon announced large-scale layoffs in January this year and around 18,000 employees across the globe were impacted by the move. An Amazon India employee had earlier described the upsetting atmosphere at the office after the layoffs began and wrote that some people could be heard crying in the office as well. Amazon India employee loses job Sharing his layoff story …

Many Amazon India employees called back to office from remote locations urgently, fired after they reached
1 year, 11 months ago

Many Amazon India employees called back to office from remote locations urgently, fired after they reached

India Today  

Earlier this month, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced cutting 18000 jobs globally, which is around 1 per cent of the total workforce. It was earlier in January 2023, when impacted Amazon India employees received an email from their senior managers asking them to attend a one-to-one meeting scheduled the next day, some impacted Amazon India employees told India Today Tech. …

Amazon to lay off staff in U.S., Canada, Costa Rica by end of day
1 year, 11 months ago

Amazon to lay off staff in U.S., Canada, Costa Rica by end of day

The Hindu  

Amazon.com Inc. will cut some jobs in the United States, Canada, and Costa Rica by the end of Wednesday as part of its plan to lay off 18,000 employees, the e-commerce giant said in a memo to staff seen by Reuters. The layoffs are the latest in the U.S. technology sector, with companies cutting their bloated workforce and slashing costs …

After India, Amazon to layoff employees in THESE countries
1 year, 11 months ago

After India, Amazon to layoff employees in THESE countries

India TV News  

Amazon layoffs: As part of its plan to lay off 18,000 employees, the e-commerce giant Amazon will cut some jobs by the end of Wednesday in various countries including the United States, Canada and Costa Rica, reports said. Amazon.com Chief Executive Andy Jassy stated earlier this month that the e-commerce and human resources divisions would be most affected by the …

Amazon begins another round of layoffs, 18,000 employees to be affected
1 year, 11 months ago

Amazon begins another round of layoffs, 18,000 employees to be affected

India TV News  

Amazon Inc. has begun another round of layoffs after it fired around 2,300 employees in November 2022. Earlier this month, Amazon confirmed the layoffs and their massive scale, saying that including the ones from last year, Wednesday's round, and potential additional cuts in 2023, they would affect 18,000 employees overall. As Amazon announced to lay off 18,000 employees globally, including …

Layoffs at Amazon, Twitter, Ola, and more: 91 tech companies fired over 24,000 employees in 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

Layoffs at Amazon, Twitter, Ola, and more: 91 tech companies fired over 24,000 employees in 2023

India Today  

The tech industry is currently struggling to sail through the ongoing economic slowdown. According to statistics by Layoffs.fyi- a site which tracks all tech startup layoffs, 91 tech companies around the globe have fired around 24151 employees in January 2023. In a recent blog post, CEO Andy Jassy confirmed that Amazon is continuing layoffs while firing around 18000 employees across …

‘People crying in Amazon India office, 75% of my team is gone’: employee amid layoffs
1 year, 11 months ago

‘People crying in Amazon India office, 75% of my team is gone’: employee amid layoffs

The Hindu  

Describing gloomy scenes at Amazon India’s offices, a post purportedly made by an employee on the anonymous community app for Indian professionals, Grapevine, said people are “crying in the office”. Atmosphere at Amazon India as layoffs take place: "You can hear people breaking down and crying in the office" "75% of my team is gone, I'm still employeed but don't …

Lost my father and now job: Indian software engineer who worked at Amazon for 5 years gets laid off
1 year, 11 months ago

Lost my father and now job: Indian software engineer who worked at Amazon for 5 years gets laid off

India Today  

Amazon has begun layoffs globally, including India. As India Today Tech previously reported, the company has started informing impacted employees through email, and the process is said to go on for a couple of more days. Impacted by ongoing Amazon layoffs, Sharma tried to motivate hundreds of other employees through the post and urged everyone to stay positive. India Today …

Amazon starts layoffs in India: Over 1,000 employees to be handed pink slips
1 year, 11 months ago

Amazon starts layoffs in India: Over 1,000 employees to be handed pink slips

Live Mint  

As Amazon starts its second round of layoffs, it is expected that over 1000 employees in India will be handed the pink slip, as per a TOI report. The layoffs are likely to happen across various departments, including tech, human resources, and others likely to be handed pink slips. In last week's blog post, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said that …

Pune Labour Commissioner Summons Amazon Over Layoffs: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

Pune Labour Commissioner Summons Amazon Over Layoffs: Report

ABP News  

Pune’s labour commissioner’s office has summoned e-commerce giant Amazon over the sacking of Indian employees, reported MoneyControl. The summon was issued after a non-profit organization filed a complaint against Amazon saying that the Amazon workers were "unethically forced to opt for Voluntary Separation Policy and were laid-off illegally.” The notice to Amazon by the Assistant Labour Commissioner in Pune said, …

Amazon India Plans To Lay Off Around 1,000 Employees In India: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

Amazon India Plans To Lay Off Around 1,000 Employees In India: Report

ABP News  

E-commerce giant Amazon plans to lay off approximately 1,000 employees in India as part of its largest global retrenchment exercise, reported news agency PTI. On Thursday, the company announced that it would cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce, citing an ‘uncertain economy' and the fact that the retail giant has ‘hired rapidly over the last several years.’ The …

Amazon to lay off around 1,000 staff in India
1 year, 11 months ago

Amazon to lay off around 1,000 staff in India

The Hindu  

E-commerce company Amazon plans to lay off around 1,000 employees in India as part of its biggest retrenchment exercise across the globe, according to sources. "The decision to eliminate 18,000 job roles across the globe will impact about 1,000 employees in India," the source said. When contacted, an Amazon India spokesperson did not offer any comment but shared the blog …

Amazon India to lay off around 1,000 staff
1 year, 11 months ago

Amazon India to lay off around 1,000 staff

Live Mint  

E-commerce company Amazon plans to lay off around 1,000 employees in India as part of its biggest retrenchment exercise across the globe. The e-commerce company Amazon has announced the lay-off of over 18,000 roles across the globe due to uncertain economic conditions. "The decision to eliminate 18,000 job roles across the globe will impact about 1,000 employees in India," the …

Amazon plans to fire as many as 1,000 employees in India, report says
1 year, 11 months ago

Amazon plans to fire as many as 1,000 employees in India, report says

India Today  

Amazon has finally confirmed the exact number of employees who will be sacked in the coming weeks. The tech giant has asserted that the jobs of a lot of people will be affected, so it will be providing separation payment, transitional health insurance benefits, and external job placement support. Interestingly, the company didn’t have any plans to reveal its layoff …

Will Amazon layoffs lead to an exodus of Indians from the US?
1 year, 11 months ago

Will Amazon layoffs lead to an exodus of Indians from the US?

Firstpost  

The great layoff continues. After Twitter, Meta and other tech giants carried out mass layoffs in the last months of 2022, Amazon, the online giant that employs 1.5 million people globally, announced that after the mass layoffs in November — they had cut over 10,000 jobs then — they will be letting go of another 18,000 employees. “These changes will …

Amazon teammate ’leaks info’ on layoffs hours before CEO Andy Jassy’s message
1 year, 11 months ago

Amazon teammate ’leaks info’ on layoffs hours before CEO Andy Jassy’s message

Live Mint  

Hours before Amazon.com announced laying off over 18,000 employees, a teammate 'leaked info' regarding the issue and made social Chief Executive Andy Jassy's message. Since November, the Seattle-based company began layoffs in its devices division as it was targeting 10,000 job cuts in gadgets as well as its human-resources and retail divisions, Reuters had reported. In the message shared by …

Amazon had to confirm layoff of 18,000 employees because workers leaked information
1 year, 11 months ago

Amazon had to confirm layoff of 18,000 employees because workers leaked information

India Today  

Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy has admitted that the e-commerce giant had to confirm the layoff news because one of his teammates leaked the information publicly. The e-commerce website has confirmed that it will start communicating with impacted employees starting January 18, which is after one week,” he said. “Between the reductions, we made in November and the ones we’re sharing …

Amazon CEO says company will lay off more than 18,000 workers
1 year, 11 months ago

Amazon CEO says company will lay off more than 18,000 workers

NPR  

Amazon CEO says company will lay off more than 18,000 workers Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP Mark Lennihan/AP Amazon is laying off 18,000 employees, the tech giant said Wednesday, representing the single largest number of jobs cut at a technology company since the industry began aggressively downsizing last year. In a blog post, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy wrote …

After over-hiring, Amazon to lay off 20,000 employees in coming months: Report
2 years ago

After over-hiring, Amazon to lay off 20,000 employees in coming months: Report

Hindustan Times  

Amazon is planning to size down its workforce by laying off 20,000 employees in the coming months reportedly after over-hiring during the pandemic. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy earlier wrote an open letter to employees informing about job cuts. Then Amazon CEO Andy Jassy wrote an open letter to employees giving information about role eliminations and cost-cutting measures. “We communicated the …

Amazon likely to fire hundreds of workers in India next month
2 years ago

Amazon likely to fire hundreds of workers in India next month

India Today  

Amazon will reportedly layoff hundreds of workers in India as the e-commerce company is planning to close down some of its operations in the country. According to report from Bloomberg, Amazon is quitting its meal delivery business in India, and it will also stop providing doorstep deliveries of packaged consumer goods to small business. A person who is familiar with …

No Employee Was Sacked, All Exits Were Voluntary. Amazon India Tells Labour Ministry: Report
2 years ago

No Employee Was Sacked, All Exits Were Voluntary. Amazon India Tells Labour Ministry: Report

ABP News  

Amazon India told the labour ministry that it has not laid off any employees and has only let go of those who accepted the severance package and existed on their own, a report by the Economic Times revealed. Amazon’s response came after a petition by a Pune-based employee union claimed that Amazon forcibly terminated a large number of employees in …

Union Labour Ministry Summons Amazon India Over Latest Layoffs By Company
2 years, 1 month ago

Union Labour Ministry Summons Amazon India Over Latest Layoffs By Company

ABP News  

The labour ministry of the central government has summoned Amazon India to appear before the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner in Bengaluru on Wednesday in connection with the alleged forced terminations by the company, reported by news agency IANS. According to the report, the development comes after a complaint filed by the employee union Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate in which …

Amazon India layoffs are illegal, IT labour union says
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon India layoffs are illegal, IT labour union says

The Hindu  

Amazon India layoffs are unethical and illegal, according to IT&ITes employees labour union Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate. “The law of the land is above Amazon policies,” Harpreet Singh Saluja, President, NITES said in a mail to The Hindu Amazon has recently sent details of a voluntary separation programme to its employees in India asking them to voluntarily quit the …

Amazon CEO says layoffs will extend into next year
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon CEO says layoffs will extend into next year

The Hindu  

The mass layoffs that began in Amazon's corporate ranks this week will extend into next year, CEO Andy Jassy said on Thursday. In a note sent to employees, Jassy said the company told workers in its devices and books divisions about layoffs on Wednesday. Mr. Jassy said this year's review is "more difficult" due to the economic landscape and the …

Amazon CEO says layoffs will extend into next year
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon CEO says layoffs will extend into next year

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The mass layoffs that began in Amazon’s corporate ranks this week will extend into next year, CEO Andy Jassy said Thursday. In a note sent to employees, Jassy said the company told workers in its devices and books divisions about layoffs on Wednesday. Jassy said this year’s review is “more difficult” due to the economic landscape and …

Amazon Employees Say 'Horrendous Way To Treat People' As Company Begins Mass Layoffs: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon Employees Say 'Horrendous Way To Treat People' As Company Begins Mass Layoffs: Report

ABP News  

As major tech majors go through the layoff season, US e-commerce giant Amazon has confirmed job losses at its firm, saying that in the current macroeconomic environment, some teams are "making adjustments" amid "consolidation of some teams and programmes". "As we've gone through this, given the current macroeconomic environment, some teams are making adjustments, which in some cases means certain …

Amazon tells employees in layoff note, some roles will be no longer required: Read full text
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon tells employees in layoff note, some roles will be no longer required: Read full text

India Today  

Amazon on Wednesday confirmed laying off thousands of employees. If failed to do so, Amazon will offer a package that includes a separation payment, transitional benefits, and external job placement support. Here is full note by Dave Limp, Senior Vice President of Devices and Services in Amazon: ----- Folks, At our last Town Hall in July, I talked a bit …

Amazon India likely to layoff few hundred employees: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon India likely to layoff few hundred employees: Report

Live Mint  

Employees in the tech companies are hit by a tough season of layoffs and hiring freeze. Amazon could likely to layoff a few hundred jobs from its unit, multiple people aware of the matter have told Economic Times. Earlier on 15 November, reports had said that Amazon.com Inc is planning to lay off around 10,000 employees in corporate and technology …

Amazon begins mass layoffs, around 10000 employees to be impacted
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon begins mass layoffs, around 10000 employees to be impacted

India Today  

Amazon has reportedly started laying off people in various departments. Although Amazon has been quite secretive about the layoffs, the LinkedIn posts of employees suggest that the layoffs have begun in full swing. As per reports, Amazon employees were called into meetings by their managers and informed that they have two months to look for new jobs. The employees who …

Amazon begins layoffs; asks employees to 'find another job within two months'
2 years, 1 month ago

Amazon begins layoffs; asks employees to 'find another job within two months'

India TV News  

Highlights Amazon employees were called into meetings with their managers across the country They were also given a choice to accept severance payment This comes in line with the layoffs at Meta and Twitter Amazon has begun the process of laying off 10,000 of its employees, which is nearly 3 per cent of the total workforce. During the meeting, employees …

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