Amazon layoffs hit Washington hard, totaling over 2,000 local jobs
Amazon announced it is eliminating 14,000 corporate jobs globally, with approximately 2,300 layoffs impacting employees in Washington State, primarily in Seattle and Bellevue.
Amazon cutting 14k corporate jobs
14,000 Amazon employees could be without a job as the company announced layoffs.
Amazon to cut 14K corporate jobs in AI pivot
Thousands of employees at Seattle-based Amazon will be out of a job soon as the company says they are reorganizing their workforce to streamline experiences for customers and employees. One of those reorganization measures is to replace managers with artificial intelligence.
Report: Amazon preparing to lay off up to 30,000 corporate employees
Amazon is preparing to lay off an estimated 30,000 corporate employees, roughly 10% of its corporate staff, according to reports. The widespread reduction—expected to be the largest in company history—could impact employees in human resources, devices and services, and operations.
Amazon plans 14K job cuts as CEO Andy Jassy streamlines company
This will be one of the largest workforce reductions in the company’s history.
Gary Sinise Foundation, Amazon donate $100K in grants to Seattle-Area Firefighters
Seattle-area first responders received more than $100,000 in new equipment grants from the Gary Sinise Foundation and Amazon ahead of National First Responders Day on Tuesday.
Amazon powers up automation amid concerns
Amazon is facing major questions over its workforce after the New York Times reported that the company plans to automate 75% of its operations to avoid hiring hundreds of thousands of workers.
Amazon Web Services global outage 'resolved' after disruption, company says
The company said that while the issue has been resolved, some services may experience a backlog of messages while it works to process them over the next few hours.
Amazon Web Services outage disrupts global platforms, apps
A major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage early Monday disrupted major platforms including Snapchat, Roblox, Robinhood, and Coinbase.
Amazon to hire 250,000 workers during holidays
The company has a variety of jobs available for the holiday season and here’s how you can apply.
Amazon plans to cut 15% of workforce in new round of layoffs
The job cuts were announced as the tech giant shifts its focus to AI products related to business operations.
Amazon launches grocery brand with products under $5
Amazon Grocery, Amazon’s newest private label grocery brand, offers more than 1,000 food products, most of them priced under $5.
Amazon to pay $2.5B for tricking customers into Prime memberships, FTC alleges
Millions of Amazon customers may be eligible for refunds following a historic settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
Seattle trial will look at whether Amazon tricked customers into joining Prime
A federal trial beginning in Amazon's hometown this week is set to examine whether the online retailing giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime service and made it difficult to leave.
The world's smelliest flower in bloom at Amazon Spheres
The Amazon Spheres are displaying a corpse flower that is in bloom, which smells exactly like the name-- a decaying corpse.
Amazon spending $1B on employee raises, health care
The average pay will increase to more than $23 an hour, Amazon said.
Amazon to limit free shipping to one address
Amazon is changing some of its benefits starting next month.
Amazon to end free shipping perk for some Prime users
Amazon is ending a perk that allows Prime members to share their free shipping benefits with people who don’t have the same primary address.
Amazon ends invitee program that let Prime members share free shipping perk
Amazon is ending a program that allows members of its Prime membership subscription program to share their free shipping benefits with people who don't have the same primary address.
Amazon accused of misleading consumers into believing they truly own movies they purchased
A class action claims the streaming giant misleads consumers into believing they own films when they only buy revokable licenses.