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Two of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters towers rise above the Spheres. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser)
Amazon laid off employees in its communications and sustainability organizations on Wednesday in the latest round of cuts at the tech giant.
The company did not share how many roles were eliminated. Bloomberg reported that dozens of corporate jobs were impacted by the cuts.
“Following a recent review, we’re making some changes to the Communications & Corporate Responsibility organization to help us move faster, increase ownership, strengthen our culture, and bring teams closer to customers,” Amazon spokesperson Brad Glasser said in a statement emailed to GeekWire. “As part of these changes, we’ve made the difficult decision to eliminate a small number of roles.”
CNBC reported that Drew Herdener, who oversees the affected units, wrote to employees that the company “identified some roles that were too narrowly scoped or that introduced unnecessary layers, where we couldn’t solve the challenge by flattening the structure or shifting workloads.”
Glasser said that Amazon is committed to supporting laid off employees through the transition.
For employees in the U.S., Amazon will provide pay and benefits for at least 60 days as well as a package that includes a severance payment, transitional health insurance benefits, and job placement support.
Earlier this month, Amazon laid off employees in its North America Stores division, impacting roughly 200 employees across the U.S.
In a bid to curb costs, Amazon let go 27,000 corporate workers in two major rounds of layoffs in 2023. Amazon Web Services slashed hundreds of jobs last April.
