Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

According to reports in the morning of December 5, Beijing time, Amazon has begun to cancel the offer issued to new employees by its retail department, a sign that Amazon's cost reduction and efficiency gains have spread to the retail sector.

Representatives of the retail department led by Doug Herrington, chief executive of Amazon's global Amazon stores at Tuyuan Unsplash, this week began calling employees who were scheduled to start work in January next year to tell them that their jobs had been cancelled.

Previous reports showed that Amazon's layoffs were mainly concentrated in the terminal equipment division. But now it seems that the move has spread to the retail sector.

Amazon has yet to comment.

The company's retail division includes businesses such as Amazon, Amazon Prime, Amazon Go, whole Foods and private brands.

Two weeks ago, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on the company's website that Amazon's layoffs would be extended until 2023.

Amazon has announced layoffs in its terminal and book divisions, and the personnel, experience and Technology Division (PXT) will also make a voluntary drawdown, he said in a news release on November 17.

Mr Jassi added that the company would further cut jobs, including more layoffs for PXT and the store team, but the total number had not yet been determined.

"leaders across the company are working with their teams to analyze their workforce and give priority to the things that are most important to our customers and our long-term health." "the assessment this year is even more difficult because the economy still faces challenges and we have been hiring too fast in the past few years," Jassi wrote in the message. "

The news comes a day after Amazon issued a layoff notice to an unknown number of employees and decided to merge some teams and projects in its terminal and services divisions.

The business of the terminal equipment and services division includes Alexa, Echo, eero, Kindle, Fire TV and Amazon's other consumer electronics products and related services.

Dave Dave Limp, senior vice president of Amazon's terminal devices and services division, said on November 16 that some of the affected employees could find new jobs at Amazon, while others would receive severance compensation, transitional benefits and job placement support.

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