American company Amazon.com Inc announced on Monday to lay off 9,000 jobs in the coming weeks. employees. As the CNBC portal explains, Amazon is counting on a probable economic slowdown. The company abandoned some experimental projects and reduced the pace of warehouse expansion.
Reductions will affect people employed in advertising, cloud computing and related to the Twitch channel, Reuters reported. They result from the need to rationalize costs, as well as – as Andy Jassy, the head of the company wrote in a communication addressed to employees – “uncertainty about the near future”.
In January, Amazon announced it planned to lay off about 18,000 jobs. employees.
High inflation-driven interest rate increases in the US affected both consumer and corporate spending, which meant a worsening outlook for many companies in various sectors. As a result, enterprises began to reduce employment. According to experts from the recruitment company Challenger, there have been no such large layoffs in the American economy since 2009.
According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February the CPI inflation (consumer price index) in the US fell to 6.0%. against 6.4 percent recorded in January. (PAP)
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