Last Updated on April 27, 2023 by Bitfinsider

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky and human resources chief Beth Galetti informed employees in the United States, Canada, and Costa Rica of the job layoffs.

The layoffs are part of the already announced employment reduction, which will affect 9,000 people. Amazon lay off several employees in its advertising operation last week, and it has also laid off employees in its video games and Twitch livestreaming units in recent weeks.

Amazon completed a separate round of layoffs earlier this year, affecting around 18,000 employees. When combined with the cuts made earlier this month, it represents the greatest layoffs in Amazon’s 29-year history.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has been aggressively cutting costs across the company as the e-commerce giant prepares for an economic slowdown and sluggish growth in its main retail division. Amazon has halted corporate hiring, canceled certain experimental projects, and curtailed warehouse expansion.

Jassy has demonstrated that two of Amazon’s largest and most profitable companies, advertising and AWS, are not immune to cost-cutting measures. Both AWS and advertising have seen slower growth in recent months as businesses cut back on spending in the face of a hard economic environment.

Some AWS teams were affected by the previous round of layoffs. According to a current employee who asked to remain anonymous because they weren’t permitted to comment on the matter, a chunk of the layoffs announced on Wednesday would go to AWS’ professional services arm, which helps clients fix difficulties with their cloud infrastructure.

The Covid epidemic resulted in a significant boost for Amazon and other cloud providers as businesses, government organizations, and schools accelerated their transfer to the cloud.