‘People crying in Amazon India office, 75% of my team is gone’: employee amid layoffs
The HinduDescribing 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 feel like working anymore" Link to post on Grapevine: https://t.co/Af6tAtOgLwpic.twitter.com/qqGpKYV2sd — Corporate Chat India January 13, 2023 Amazon in January announced layoffs will stretch to more than 18,000 roles as part of a workforce reduction it previously disclosed. The cuts amount to 6% of Amazon’s roughly 3,00,000-person corporate workforce and represent a swift turn for a retailer that recently doubled its base pay ceiling to compete more aggressively for talent. Amazon, which has 1 lakh employees in India, is set to sack 1,000 employees — 1% of its workforce, TheTimes of India had reported, However, the U.S.-based firm is reportedly offering five months’ severance pay to laid-off employees as well as “exceptional payments” based on the employees’ tenure.