- Amazon had 56 percent growth since the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Jeff Bezos has a net worth of around $210.7 billion.
- The New York Times claimed that this would be the largest job cut in the company’s history.
Amazon is creating a lot of buzz as it is preparing a massive layoff of around 10,000 people employed in corporate and tech jobs, it recently reported. The New York Times also I quote anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter.
Jeff Bezos Estate
The Amazon company was founded by the American businessman and magnate Jeff Bezos, at 58 years old he has a great fortune that, according to the World Bank, exceeds the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Slovakia and Monaco.
the tycoon Jeff Bezos He has a net worth of around 210.7 billion dollars, according to the latest update of the Forbes list in real time, being one of the few to exceed $200 billion, although it is worth mentioning that he has been surpassed by the director Tesla executive Elon Musk, whose net worth is $296.2 billion.
It is known that Amazon had significant growth from the COVID-19 pandemic, because this made it easier for people not to leave their homes and have a contagion.
Similarly, during the pandemic, the hiring of more employees at the company increased significantly due to high demand.
In fact, Mexico is the country that has experienced the greatest growth in purchases on this portal, with 56% of consumers stating that they have purchased a product or service on Amazon in the last year, compared to 47% in 2019, according to what reports a survey conducted by Statista.
Amazon prepares massive cut
Amazon plans to lay off about 10,000 employees, The New York Times stated that this would be the largest job cuts in company history, all this was revealed by sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Amazon isn’t the only company making massive cutbacks, as Facebook and Instagram’s Meta announced last week that it would lay off some 11,000 employees, a very similar number.
It was revealed that the staff cuts will focus mainly on Amazon’s device organization, Alexa, the company’s most recognized voice assistant, as well as human resources employees.
The New York Times also stated:
“The total number of layoffs remains fluid. But if it stays around 10,000, that would represent about 3 percent of Amazon’s corporate employees and less than 1 percent of its global workforce of more than 1.5 million, which is made up mostly of hourly workers.”
Amazon warned earlier this month, in a releasewhich would freeze corporate hiring for the next few months, due to the argument of economic uncertainty and the number of people hired in recent years.
In these cases, it is best to follow the famous motto of the owner of AMAZON, Jeff Bezos:
“Work hard, have fun and make history”
These staff cuts at Amazon come in the context in which Elon Musk recently halved the number of Twitter employees this month after buying the company, so big changes are still expected as the days go by. .
The news of the massive cuts could complicate the agility since the good end is about to arrive, in addition to Christmas, when the purchases in the company are at their best.
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